Proverbs 19:26 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:26

Here is, 1. The sin of a prodigal son. Besides the wrong he does to himself, he is injurious to his good parents, and basely ungrateful to those that were instruments of his being and have taken so much care and pains about him, which is a great aggravation of his sin and renders it exceedingly sinful in the eyes of God and man: He wastes is father, wastes his estate which he should have to support him in his old age, wastes his spirits, and breaks his heart, and brings his gray head with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:26

He that wasteth his father ,.... His father's substance, which he gave him first as his portion, and afterwards by paying his debts, and getting him out of prison and out of broils, and that wastes his spirits and his health, and brings his gray hairs with sorrow to the grave; and chaseth away his mother : alienates her affections from him, who once had too great a fondness for him; causes her to quit her house, not being able to bear the sight of him and of his actions: is a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 19:26

He that wasteth his father - Destroys his substance by riotous or extravagant living, so as to embitter his latter end by poverty and affliction; and adds to this wickedness the expulsion of his aged widowed mother from the paternal house; is a son of shame - a most shameful man; and a son of reproach - one whose conduct cannot be sufficiently execrated. Who tormentith the fader, and fleeth the modir, schenful schal ben, and unblisful - Old MS. Bible. The common reading of the Vulgate is,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:22-29

Mixed maxims of life-wisdom I. HUMAN KINDNESS . ( Proverbs 19:22 .) There is no purer delight than in the feelings of love and the practical exercise of universal kindness. If the mere pleasure of the selfish and the benevolent life be the criterion, without question the latter has the advantage. II. TRUTHFULNESS . ( Proverbs 19:22 , Proverbs 19:28 .) So the honest poor outweighs the rich or successful liar in intrinsic happiness as well as in repute. The worthless... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:26

He that wasteth his father. The verb shadad, used here and in Proverbs 24:15 , may be taken in the sense of "to spoil," "to deprive of property;" but it is better to adopt a more general application, and to assign to it the meaning of "to maltreat," whether in person or property. Chaseth away his mother; by his shameless and evil life makes it impossible for her to continue under the same roof with him; or, it may be, so dissipates his parents' means that they are driven from their... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 19:26

Proverbs 19:26. He that wasteth his father That is, his father’s estate, by unjust or riotous courses; and chaseth away his mother Causes her to avoid and abhor his presence and society, and to go from the house where he is; is a son that causeth shame Both to himself, and to his parents and family. But this verse ought rather to be rendered, A son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach, wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother; that is, as some interpret it, he gives them... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:1-29

Lessons heeded and ignored (19:1-29)Moral uprightness is more important than wealth, and wise action is more important than hasty action. People are foolish when they blame God for the trouble they bring upon themselves through their own mistakes (19:1-3).Often the reason the rich have many friends is that these ‘friends’ hope to gain personally from their wealth or influence (4-6). The poor lose their friends, though in a sense they are rich if they maintain their understanding (7-8). People... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 19:26

wasteth = preyeth upon. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 19:26

"He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach."It is sad indeed that there should ever be such a son; but in our society today, there are many such sons, large numbers of whom have even murdered their parents. The text here offers no explanation of how such things come about; but a large number of such reprobate children reflect the failure of their parents to discipline them. Parents who rear an undisciplined child rear an... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 19:26

26. Unfilial conduct often condemned (Proverbs 17:21-25; Proverbs 20:20; Deuteronomy 21:18; Deuteronomy 21:21). read more