Verse 26

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

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:5 : 5 He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.
• Prov 17:2 : 2 A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.
• Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
• Luke 15:12-16 : 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them. 13 And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living. 14 And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need. 15 And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food. 16 And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.
• Luke 15:30 : 30 But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.
• Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment: 19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place; 20 And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink. 21 Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.
• Prov 10:1 : 1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
• Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
• Prov 23:22-25 : 22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old. 23 Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense. 24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him. 25 Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
• Prov 28:7 : 7 He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.
• Prov 28:14 : 14 Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.
• Prov 28:24 : 24 He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.
• Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.