Proverbs 19:26-27 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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:27

This is a good caution to those that have had a good education to take heed of hearkening to those who, under pretence of instructing them, draw them off from those good principles under the influence of which they were trained up. Observe, 1. There is that which seems designed for instruction, but really tends to the destruction of young men. The factors for vice will undertake to teach them free thoughts and a fashionable conversation, how to palliate the sins they have a mind to and stop... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:27

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction ,.... The counsel of bad men, or the doctrine of false teachers. The words are spoken either by Solomon to his son; or by Wisdom, that is, Christ, to everyone of his children, to beware of false prophets, and take heed what they hear; see Matthew 7:15 ; such as the doctrines of the church of Rome; concerning the Scriptures, forbidding the people to read them; setting unwritten traditions upon a level with them, and making the pope an infallible... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 19:27

Cease, my son - Hear nothing that would lead thee away from God and his truth. 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:27

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. This version fairly represents the terse original, if musar , "instruction," be taken in a bad sense, like the "profane and vain babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called," censured by St. Paul ( 1 Timothy 6:20 ). But as musar is used in a good sense throughout this book, it is better to regard the injunction as warning against listening to wise teaching with no intention... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:26

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:27

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:27

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 19:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:22-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:27

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

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