Proverbs 19:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 10:5 : 5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
  • Prov 17:2 : 2 A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, and will share the inheritance among the brethren.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks his father and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
  • Luke 15:12-16 : 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. And he divided to them his livelihood. 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered everything together, and took his journey to a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the pigs ate: and no one gave him anything.
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them, 19 Then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he may die: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear and fear.
  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
  • Prov 23:22-25 : 22 Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom, instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child shall have joy of him. 25 Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she who bore you shall rejoice.
  • Prov 28:7 : 7 Whoever keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.
  • Prov 28:14 : 14 Happy is the man who always fears, but he who hardens his heart will fall into mischief.
  • Prov 28:24 : 24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, It is no transgression, is a companion of a destroyer.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:20
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    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

  • Prov 19:27
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    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 17:25
    79%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 28:24
    78%

    24Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, It is no transgression, is a companion of a destroyer.

  • Deut 21:18-19
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    78%

    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them,

    19Then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place;

  • Prov 29:15
    78%

    15The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

  • Prov 30:11
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    11There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

  • Prov 6:19-20
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    77%

    19A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.

    20My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake the law of your mother:

  • Prov 23:22
    77%

    22Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 20:20
    77%

    20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

  • Exod 21:15
    77%

    15And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 19:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not spare for his crying.

    19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again.

  • Prov 30:17
    76%

    17The eye that mocks his father and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

  • Deut 27:16
    76%

    16Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Prov 1:8
    75%

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 13:24
    75%

    24He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Exod 21:17
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    17And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 20:9
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    9For everyone that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Prov 28:7
    74%

    7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.

  • Prov 10:1
    74%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Prov 19:25
    74%

    25Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

  • Matt 15:4
    73%

    4For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die.

  • Prov 13:1
    73%

    1A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • Ps 50:20
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    20You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

  • Prov 19:13
    72%

    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

  • Prov 27:11
    72%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may have an answer for him who reproaches me.

  • Prov 10:5
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    5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18Poverty and shame shall be to him who refuses instruction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

  • Ezek 18:14
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    14Now, if he begets a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and considers and does not do such like,

  • Ezek 18:18
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    18As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did what is not good among his people, behold, even he shall die in his iniquity.

  • Eph 6:4
    72%

    4And, you fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  • Prov 17:2
    72%

    2A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, and will share the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Prov 17:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished.

    6Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Matt 19:19
    72%

    19Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

  • Prov 29:17
    71%

    17Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your soul.

  • Mic 7:6
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    6For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

  • Prov 11:29
    71%

    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Ezek 16:44
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    44Behold, everyone that uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Deut 5:16
    71%

    16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • Isa 45:10
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    10Woe to him who says to his father, What are you begetting? or to the woman, What have you brought forth?

  • Hos 13:13
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    13The sorrows of a laboring woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.