Proverbs 28:24 (BSB)

He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

From Proverbs 28. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 28:24

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 28:24: As Christ shows the absurdity and wickedness of those children who think it is no duty, in some cases, to maintain their parents (Mat 15:5), so Solomon here shows the absurdity and wickedness of those who think it is no sin to rob their parents, either by force or secretly, by wheedling them or threatening them, or by wasting what they have, and (which is...
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 28:24: Whoso robbeth his father or his mother,.... As Micah did of eleven hundred shekels of silver, Jdg 17:2; and saith, it is no transgression; what is his father's or his mother's is his own, or as good as his own, it will come to him at their death; and if he wants it before, he thinks he ought to have it; and if they are...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 28:24: (Compare Mat 15:4-6). Such, though heirs, are virtually thieves, to be ranked with highwaymen.
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 28:24: Pro 28:24 24 He who robbeth his father and mother, and saith: It is no wrong, Is a companion of the destroyer. The second line is related to Pro 18:9. Instead of dominus perditionis there found, there is here אישׁ משׁחית, vir perdens (perditor); the word thus denotes a man who destroys, not from revenge, but from lust, and for the sake of the life...