The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 19:26 - Revised Standard Version He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. 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. |
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
A son who gathers in summer is prudent, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings shame.
A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to stray from the words of knowledge.
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord always; but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
He who robs his father or his mother and says, “That is no transgression,” is the companion of a man who destroys.
He who keeps the law is a wise son, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.
There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!’