Robbing one's parents and excusing it as no transgression places a man among destroyers.
A peculiar family cover for theft is named in Proverbs 28:24: He who robs his father or his mother and says, "It is not a transgression," is the companion of a man who destroys (v. 24). The verse names a hidden kind of robbery.
He who robs his father or his mother. The robbery here is likely the son who takes from his parents' resources, perhaps under the cover of inheritance expectations or family privilege, before they have given.
And says, "It is not a transgression". His defense is that family and theft are different categories, that what he took was effectively his anyway. Solomon refuses the defense.
Is the companion of a man who destroys. The son's self-justification places him in the company of destroyers. The Fifth Commandment honors father and mother (Exodus 20:12). To rob them, even with self-justifying reasoning, breaks that command. The verse warns the wise reader against the easy lies that family members tell themselves about taking from each other.
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Proverbs 28:24 meaning
A peculiar family cover for theft is named in Proverbs 28:24: He who robs his father or his mother and says, "It is not a transgression," is the companion of a man who destroys (v. 24). The verse names a hidden kind of robbery.
He who robs his father or his mother. The robbery here is likely the son who takes from his parents' resources, perhaps under the cover of inheritance expectations or family privilege, before they have given.
And says, "It is not a transgression". His defense is that family and theft are different categories, that what he took was effectively his anyway. Solomon refuses the defense.
Is the companion of a man who destroys. The son's self-justification places him in the company of destroyers. The Fifth Commandment honors father and mother (Exodus 20:12). To rob them, even with self-justifying reasoning, breaks that command. The verse warns the wise reader against the easy lies that family members tell themselves about taking from each other.