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Proverbs 19:26

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

Proverbs 19:26 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 19:26

Theological / Devotional

Chaseth away. He drives his mother away either by his behavior or by bringing his parents to poverty, so that they lose their home (see chs. 10: 5; 17:2).

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