The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 19:26 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. American Standard Version (1901) He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach. Common English Bible Those who assault their father and drive out their mother are disgraceful children, worthy of reproach. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever afflicts his father and flees from his mother is disreputable and unhappy. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that afflicteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is infamous and unhappy. |
The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Happy is the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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.
but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.