Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “That is no transgression,” is a companion to a man who destroys.
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...
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...
(Compare Mat 15:4-6). Such, though heirs, are virtually thieves, to be ranked with highwaymen.