Bridges on Proverbs 28:24
 
 
Charles Bridges on Proverbs 28:24
 
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24.  Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. {a destroyer: Heb. a man destroying}
 
This aggravation of sin is proportioned to the obligation of duty. A murderer is an heinous transgressor; how much more a parricide! To rob a stranger, a neighbor, a friend, is evil; how much more a father and mother! The filial obligation of cherishing care is broken. Ingratitude is added to injustice. What length of wickedness will such an hardened sinner stop at! Could we wonder to see him the companion of a destroyer? This sin is however often committed without sensibility, as if the children might dispose of their parents’ property at their own will. These robbers would ill brook the name of thieves. But God, who sees men as they are, and judges of them in sure balances, ranks them among “the wicked,” and will deal with them accordingly. (Chapter 21:7.)
Nor is this guilt confined to the grosser outrage. Surely it is no better, when the young spendthrift wastes his father's property, and counts it no transgression to incur debts on his account without his knowledge or consent. (Chapter 19:26.) Our Lord adverts to another species of robbery — the denial of the absolute duty of providing for parents; and this under the pretense of devotedness to God! (Matthew 15:5, 6.) But the gospel admits of no compounding of one duty for another. (Verse 9.) The upright Christian will place all duties upon the same ground of Christian obedience. (Psalm 119:5, 6, 80, 128.)
Young people! As you value your soul, your conscience, your happiness — ponder the wide extent of filial obligation; the honor, deference, and consideration included in it; the clear stamp of God's authority upon it; the mark of his reprobation in despising it (1 Samuel 2:25); the certain seal of his blessing upon its practical and self-denying acknowledgment.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Footnote:
Genesis 31:19, 34, 35. Judges 17:2.
 

 
Genesis 31:19, 34, 35
34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. {searched: Heb. felt} 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. {images: Heb. teraphim}
 
Judges 17:2
2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
 
 
Proverbs 21:7
7 ¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. {destroy...: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them}
 
 
Proverbs 19:26
26 ¶ He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
 
 
Matthew 15:5, 6
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
 
 
Proverbs 28:9
9 ¶ He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
 
 
Psalm 119:5, 6, 80, 128
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. 80 ¶ Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. 128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
 
 
1 Samuel 2:25
25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.