Proverbs 19:26
New International Version
Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

New Living Translation
Children who mistreat their father or chase away their mother are an embarrassment and a public disgrace.

English Standard Version
He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach.

Berean Standard Bible
He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

King James Bible
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

New King James Version
He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

New American Standard Bible
He who assaults his father and drives his mother away Is a shameful and disgraceful son.

NASB 1995
He who assaults his father and drives his mother away Is a shameful and disgraceful son.

NASB 1977
He who assaults his father and drives his mother away Is a shameful and disgraceful son.

Legacy Standard Bible
He who assaults his father and causes his mother to flee Is a son who brings shame and humiliation.

Amplified Bible
He who assaults his father and chases away his mother Is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

Christian Standard Bible
The one who plunders his father and evicts his mother is a disgraceful and shameful son.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who assaults his father and evicts his mother is a disgraceful and shameful son.

American Standard Version
He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

Contemporary English Version
Disgraceful children rob their father and chase their mother away.

English Revised Version
He that spoileth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A son who assaults his father [and] who drives away his mother brings shame and disgrace.

Good News Translation
Only a shameful, disgraceful person would mistreat his father or turn his mother away from his home.

International Standard Version
Whoever mistreats his father and alienates his mother is a son who brings both shame and disrespect.

Majority Standard Bible
He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

NET Bible
The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

New Heart English Bible
He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

Webster's Bible Translation
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

World English Bible
He who robs his father and drives away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Whoever is spoiling a father causes a mother to flee, "" A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

Smith's Literal Translation
He oppressing the father and putting the mother to flight, is a son causing shame and causing disgrace.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that afflicteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is infamous and unhappy.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Whoever afflicts his father and flees from his mother is disreputable and unhappy.

New American Bible
Whoever mistreats a father or drives away a mother, is a shameless and disgraceful child.

New Revised Standard Version
Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
He who plunders his father and grieves his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
He that plunders his father and grieves his mother is a disgraceful and shameful son.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully Will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He that dishonours his father, and drives away his mother, shall be disgraced and shall be exposed to reproach.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Man of Integrity
25Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge. 26He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace. 27If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.…

Cross References
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, / his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown, / and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” ...

Matthew 15:4
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. / “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), / “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

Proverbs 30:17
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

Mark 7:10
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

Leviticus 19:3
Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Proverbs 28:24
He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Luke 15:11-32
Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. / The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. / After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. ...

Proverbs 15:20
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

2 Timothy 3:2
For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.


Treasury of Scripture

He that wastes his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame, and brings reproach.

wasteth

Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

Proverbs 23:22-25
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old…

a son

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 28:7
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

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Proverbs 19
1. Life and Conduct














He who assaults his father
The Hebrew word for "assaults" here is "shadad," which can mean to violently destroy or to act with violence. In the context of ancient Israel, the family unit was foundational to society, and the father was seen as the head and protector of the household. Assaulting one's father was not only a personal attack but also a rebellion against the God-ordained structure of authority. This phrase underscores the severity of such an act, highlighting the deep dishonor and moral decay it represents.

and evicts his mother
The term "evicts" comes from the Hebrew "garash," meaning to drive out or expel. In the cultural and historical context of the Bible, the mother was revered as the nurturer and caretaker. To evict one's mother was an egregious violation of familial duty and respect. This action would have been seen as a profound betrayal, reflecting a heart hardened against the natural affections and responsibilities that God instilled within the family structure.

is a son who brings shame and disgrace
The words "shame" and "disgrace" are translated from the Hebrew "bosheth" and "cherpah," respectively. "Bosheth" conveys a sense of humiliation and dishonor, while "cherpah" implies public reproach and scorn. In the conservative Christian perspective, these terms emphasize the spiritual and social consequences of such actions. A son who behaves in this manner not only tarnishes his own reputation but also brings dishonor to his family and community. This serves as a stark warning about the importance of honoring one's parents, as commanded in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:12), and the broader implications of failing to uphold this divine mandate.

Verse 26-ch. 22:16. - Fourth section of this collection. Verse 26. - He that wasteth his father. The verb shadad, used here and in Proverbs 24:15, may be taken in the sense of "to spoil," "to deprive of property;" but it is better to adopt a more general application, and to assign to it the meaning of "to maltreat," whether in person or property. Chaseth away his mother; by his shameless and evil life makes it impossible for her to continue under the same roof with him; or, it may be, so dissipates his parents' means that they are driven from their home. A son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach (comp. Proverbs 10:5; Proverbs 13:5; Proverbs 17:2).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He who assaults
מְֽשַׁדֶּד־ (mə·šad·deḏ-)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7703: To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin

his father
אָ֭ב (’āḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

and evicts
יַבְרִ֣יחַ (yaḇ·rî·aḥ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1272: To bolt, to flee suddenly

his mother
אֵ֑ם (’êm)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

is a son
בֵּ֝֗ן (bên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

who brings shame
מֵבִ֥ישׁ (mê·ḇîš)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed

and disgrace.
וּמַחְפִּֽיר׃ (ū·maḥ·pîr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2659: To blush, to be ashamed, disappointed, to shame, reproach


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