Proverbs 28:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Anyone who robs father or mother and says, “That is no crime,” is partner to a thug.

Cross References

Psalm 35:10

All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like you? You deliver the weak from those too strong for them, the weak and needy from those who despoil them.”

Proverbs 13:20

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

Proverbs 18:9

One who is slack in work is close kin to a vandal.

Proverbs 19:26

Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother are children who cause shame and bring reproach.

Proverbs 22:9

Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor.

Proverbs 28:7

Those who keep the law are wise children, but companions of gluttons shame their parents.

Judges 17:2

He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and even spoke it in my hearing—that silver is in my possession; I took it, but now I will return it to you.” And his mother said, “May my son be blessed by the Lord!” And his mother said, “May my son be blessed by the Lord!”