The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.
Proverbs 19:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother are children who cause shame and bring 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 child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.
A child who gathers in summer is prudent, but a child who sleeps in harvest brings shame.
A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.
Happy is the one who is never without fear, but one who is hard-hearted will fall into calamity.
Anyone who robs father or mother and says, “That is no crime,” is partner to a thug.
Those who keep the law are wise children, but companions of gluttons shame their parents.
The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’