Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He who assaults his father and drives his mother away
Is a shameful and disgraceful son.

King James Version

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

Holman Bible

The one who assaults his father and evicts his mother
is a disgraceful and shameful son.

International Standard Version

Whoever mistreats his father and alienates his mother is a son who brings both shame and disrespect.

A Conservative Version

He who does violence to his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame and brings reproach.

American Standard Version

He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

Amplified


He who assaults his father and chases away his mother
Is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

Bible in Basic English

He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

Darby Translation

He that ruineth his father and chaseth away his mother is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

Julia Smith Translation

He oppressing the father and putting the mother to flight, is a son causing shame and causing disgrace.

King James 2000

He that mistreats his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame, and brings reproach.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother, [is] a child who causes shame and brings reproach.

Modern King James verseion

He who assaults his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that hurteth his father or shutteth out his mother, is a shameful and an unworthy son.

NET Bible

The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

New Heart English Bible

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

The Emphasized Bible

He that ruineth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son causing shame and reproach.

Webster

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

World English Bible

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

Youngs Literal Translation

Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁדד 
Shadad 
Usage: 57

בּרח 
Barach 
Usage: 64

אם 
'em 
Usage: 220

בּוּשׁ 
Buwsh 
Usage: 119

Verse Info

Context Readings

Foolproof Instructions

25 Strike a scoffer and the naive may become shrewd,
But reprove one who has understanding and he will gain knowledge.
26 He who assaults his father and drives his mother away
Is a shameful and disgraceful son.
27 Cease listening, my son, to discipline,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.



Cross References

Proverbs 10:5

He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely,
But he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully.

Proverbs 17:2

A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

“If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them,

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father
And bitterness to her who bore him.

Proverbs 23:22-25

Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 28:7

He who keeps the law is a discerning son,
But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

Proverbs 28:14

How blessed is the man who fears always,
But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Proverbs 28:24

He who robs his father or his mother
And says, “It is not a transgression,”
Is the companion of a man who destroys.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a kind of man who curses his father
And does not bless his mother.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.

Luke 15:12-16

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his wealth between them.

Luke 15:30

but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

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