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He who robs his father and drives away his mother, Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
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The Scope of Dishonor
Commentators explain that the actions described—'wasting' a father and 'chasing away' a mother—encompass more than just physical harm. They point to a son who squanders his father's finances and drains his spirit, and whose behavior is so unbearable it alienates his mother or forces her to leave her own home.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Or, A son that causes shame, and brings reproach, is one that wastes his father, and chases away his mother.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that wasteth [his] father His father's substance, which he gave him first as his portion, and afterwards by payin…
The young man who wastes his father's substance, or makes his aged mother destitute, is hateful, and will come to disgrace.
