Proverbios 28:24

24 El que roba a su padre o a su madre, y dice que no es maldad, compañero es del hombre destruidor

Proverbios 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.

Proverbios 28:24 In-Context

22 Se apresura a ser rico el hombre de mal ojo; y no conoce que le ha de venir pobreza

23 El que reprende al hombre, hallará después mayor gracia que el que lisonjea con la lengua

24 El que roba a su padre o a su madre, y dice que no es maldad, compañero es del hombre destruidor

25 El altivo de ánimo suscita contiendas; mas el que en el SEÑOR confía, será engordado

26 El que confía en su corazón es loco; mas el que camina en sabiduría, será salvo