Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
This proverb stands within the collection of Solomon's sayings gathered under Hezekiah, about three hundred years after Solomon's time. One who takes from father or mother and claims no wrong has been done is bound to ruin, counted as the associate of one who destroys. The wrong lies in abandoning divine law and setting aside justice and truth and mercy. Those who practice such neglect and then excuse and praise each other for it stand condemned, and neither religious profession nor prayer renders that lawlessness acceptable.
This proverb stands within the collection of Solomon's sayings gathered under Hezekiah, about three hundred years after Solomon's time. One who takes from father or mother and claims no wrong has been done is bound to ruin, counted as the associate of one who destroys. The wrong lies in abandoning divine law and setting aside justice and truth and mercy. Those who practice such neglect and then excuse and praise each other for it stand condemned, and neither religious profession nor prayer renders that lawlessness acceptable.