Proverbs 19:26
24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
- KJV
- He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
- WEB
- He who robs his father and drives away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
- ASV
- He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.
- DARBY
- He that ruineth [his] father and chaseth away [his] mother is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.
- BLB
- One assaulting a father causes a mother to flee; [he is] a son causing shame and bringing reproach.
- ÅB
- Den som bruker vold mot sin far og jager sin mor bort, er en dårlig, en skamløs sønn.
- OTB
- Den som raner sin far og driver ut sin mor, er en skammelig og vanærende sønn.
- B1930
- Den som bruker vold mot sin far og jager sin mor bort, er en dårlig, en skamløs sønn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Read in contextProverbs 28:24
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Read in contextProverbs 30:17
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Read in contextProverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Read in contextProverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Read in contextProverbs 28:14
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Read in contextProverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 21:18–21
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
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