Solomon’s proverbs: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
Proverbs 19:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The one who plunders his father and evicts his mother is a disgraceful and shameful son. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Solomon’s proverbs: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
The son who gathers during summer is prudent; the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful.
A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share an inheritance among brothers.
A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
If you stop listening to correction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Happy is the one who is always reverent, but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
The one who robs his father or mother and says, ‘That’s no sin,’ is a companion to a person who destroys.
A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.
There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
As for the eye that ridicules a father and despises obedience to a mother, may ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures eat it.
But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.”