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Proverbs 19:26

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

KJV

Qui affligit patrem, et fugat matrem, ignominiosus est et infelix.

Vulgate

ἑτοιμάζονται ἀκολάστοις μάστιγες. καὶ τιμωρίαι ὁμοίως ἄφροσιν,

LXX

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

ASV

מְֽשַׁדֶּד אָ֭ב יַבְרִ֣יחַ אֵ֑ם בֵּ֝֗ן מֵבִ֥ישׁ וּ/מַחְפִּֽיר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ
ybshv
verb · 112×
יַחְפְּר֨וּ
ychprv
verb · 17×
יִּבְרַ֖ח
ybrch
verb · 65×
שֻׁדַּ֖ד
shdd
verb · 58×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 21:18 — 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:
  • Prov 10:1 — The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 10:5 — He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
  • Prov 10:5 — He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
  • Prov 17:2 — A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
  • Prov 17:2 — A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
  • Prov 17:25 — A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
  • Prov 23:22 — Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
  • Prov 28:7 — Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
  • Prov 28:7 — Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
  • Prov 28:14 — Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
  • Prov 28:24 — Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
  • Prov 28:24 — Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
  • Prov 30:11 — There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
  • Prov 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.