He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
He that wasteth his father (his father's substance, by extravagance), (and) chaseth away his mother (virtually chaseth her away, by making her own home unbearable to her, by his disturbances, the weaker sex being the more timid), (is) a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach - alike on himself and his parents. Those whom he ought to honour and succour, he robs and insults. The injury must be deep indeed when even a mother is estranged (Isaiah 49:15). How careful, therefore, ought parents to be in educating their children!