Proverbs

Proverbs 19:26–27

²⁶He who assaults his father or evicts his mother

is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

²⁷If you cease to hear instruction, my son,

you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He who assaults	מְֽשַׁדֶּד־	mə·šad·deḏ-	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
his father	אָ֭ב	’āḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H1 father
or evicts	יַבְרִ֣יחַ	yaḇ·rî·aḥ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1272 go through, flee
his mother	אֵ֑ם	’êm	Noun - feminine singular	H517 mother
is a son	בֵּ֝֗ן	bên	Noun - masculine singular	H1121 son
who brings shame	מֵבִ֥ישׁ	mê·ḇîš	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H954 be ashamed
and disgrace	וּמַחְפִּֽיר׃	ū·maḥ·pîr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H2659 be abashed, ashamed

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If you cease	חַֽדַל־	ḥa·ḏal-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2308 cease
to hear	לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ	liš·mō·a‘	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H8085 hear
instruction	מוּסָ֑ר	mū·sār	Noun - masculine singular	H4148 discipline
my son	בְּ֭נִי	bə·nī	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1121 son
you will stray	לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת	liš·ḡō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7686 go astray, err
from the words	מֵֽאִמְרֵי־	mê·’im·rê-	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H561 something said
of knowledge	דָֽעַת׃	ḏā·‘aṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1847 knowledge

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 19:26 Proverbs 10:5 · Proverbs 17:2 · Proverbs 30:17 · Proverbs 28:24 · Proverbs 10:1 · Proverbs 28:14 · Proverbs 23:22–25 · Proverbs 17:25 · Proverbs 30:11 · Proverbs 28:7 · Deuteronomy 21:18–21

Proverbs 19:27 1 Timothy 6:3–5 · Mark 4:24 · Proverbs 14:7 · Matthew 7:15 · 1 John 4:1 · 2 John 1:10 · 2 Corinthians 11:13–15 · John 10:5 · 2 Peter 2:1–2 · Mark 7:6–14 · Deuteronomy 13:1–4 · 1 Kings 22:22–28

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.