Proverbs 19:26 · KJV
“He that wasteth {his} father, {and} chaseth away {his} mother, {is} a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.”
— Proverbs 19:26
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, {and} he will understand knowledge. {will beware: Heb. will be cunning}
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction {that causeth} to err from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19 — Context
A 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. {will beware: Heb. will be cunning}
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. {An...: Heb. A witness of Belial}
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.
Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs 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. {the valley: or, the brook}
Proverbs 28:24
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, {It is} no transgression; the same {is} the companion of a destroyer. {a destroyer: Heb. a man destroying}
Proverbs 30:11
{There is} a generation {that} curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Proverbs 23:22-25
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 28:14
Happy {is} the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.