Proverbs 19:24-26

Good News Translation

²⁴Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths.

²⁵Arrogance should be punished, so that people who don't know any better can learn a lesson. If you are wise, you will learn when you are corrected.

²⁶Only a shameful, disgraceful person would mistreat his father or turn his mother away from his home.

Proverbs 19:24-26

New International Version

²⁴A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he will not even bring it back to his mouth!^(A)

²⁵Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
rebuke the discerning,^(B) and they will gain knowledge.^(C)

²⁶Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother^(D)
is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

Good News Translation (GNT)

New International Version (NIV)