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Proverbs 19:26 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 19 · verse 26
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.Proverbs 19:26 · King James Version
Proverbs 19:26 in context
24A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wastethshâdadproperly, to be burlyH7703 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- motherʼêma motherH517 →
- shamebûwshproperly, to paleH954 →
- awaybârachto boltH1272 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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Here is, 1. The sin of a prodigal son. Besides the wrong he does to himself, he is injurious to his good parents, and basely ungrateful to those that were instruments of his being and have taken so much care and pains about him, which is a great aggravation of his sin and renders it exceedingly sinful in the eyes of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary