Proverbs 28:24

24 Anyone who steals from his parents and says, "It's not wrong," is just like a man who destroys.

Proverbs 28:24 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 28:24

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother
As Micah did of eleven hundred shekels of silver, ( Judges 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 not willing to give it him, it is with him no sin to rob them of it; and this he says within himself, to quiet his conscience when he has done it; or to others who may charge him with it: but, whatever such a man thinks, sins against parents are greater than against others; as parricide is a greater sin than any other kind of murder, so robbing of parents is greater than any other kind of theft; it is more aggravated, especially when parents are aged, and cannot work for themselves, but depend on what they have for their livelihood; whereas a young man can, and ought, and should rather give to his parents than rob them of what they have; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer;
of a murderer; either he has got into such company which have put him upon such wicked practices; or he will soon get into such a society, and, from a robber of his father and mother, become a robber on the highway, and a murderer; and he has wickedness enough to be a destroyer of the lives of his parents, as well as of their substance; and sometimes the one sin leads to the other.

Proverbs 28:24 In-Context

22 A man who won't share what he has wants to get rich. He doesn't know he is going to be poor.

23 It is better to warn a man than to pretend to praise him. In the end he will be more pleased with you.

24 Anyone who steals from his parents and says, "It's not wrong," is just like a man who destroys.

25 A person who always wants more stirs up fights. But anyone who trusts in the LORD will succeed.

26 Anyone who trusts in himself is foolish. But a person who lives wisely is kept safe.