Proverbs 28:24 - Exposition

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother (comp. Proverbs 19:26 ); taking from them what belongs to them. Septuagint, "He who casts off ( ἀποβάλλεται ) father or mother." And saith, It is no transgression. He salves his conscience by thinking all would be his ere long in the course of nature; or he uses the plea of Corban denounced by our Lord ( Mark 7:11 , etc.). The same is the companion of a destroyer ( Proverbs 18:9 ); is no better than, stands in the position of, one who practises openly against his neighbour's life and property. He is a thief, and fails in the simplest duty. Vulgate, particeps homicidae est . There may be an allusion to the guilt incurred by a witness in concealing his knowledge of a crime, which is denounced in Le Proverbs 5:1 (comp. 17:2 ).