Proverbs 19:26

A son who mistreats his parents brings shame and reproach. Dishonoring father and mother is a disgraceful sin.

Cross-references · 13

• Prov 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
• Prov 28:24Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not wrong.” He is a partner with a destroyer.
• Prov 30:17“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
• Prov 17:2A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
• Prov 28:14Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
• Prov 28:7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
• Deut 21:18–21If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them;
• Prov 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
• Prov 17:25A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
• Prov 30:11There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
• Prov 23:22–25Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
• Luke 15:12–16The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ He divided his livelihood between them.
• Luke 15:30But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

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