Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a father joyful: but the foolish man despiseth his mother.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
In Context
19The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns; the way of the just is without offence.
21Folly is joy to the fool: and the wise man maketh straight his steps.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.
1 Kings 1:48And he said: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who hath given this day one to sit on my throne, my eyes seeing
1 Kings 5:7Now when Hiram had heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced exceedingly, and said: Blessed be the Lord God this day, who hath given to David a very wise son over this numerous people.
Proverbs 23:15My son, if thy mind be wise, my heart shall rejoice with thee:
Proverbs 29:3A man that loveth wisdom, rejoiceth his father: but he that maintaineth bar lots, shall squander away his substance.
Philippians 2:22Now know ye the proof of him, that as a son with the father, so hath he served with me in the gospel.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:20
19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. See here, 1. Whence those difficulties arise which men pretend to meet with in the way of their duty, and to be insuperable; they arise not from any thing in the nature of the duty, but from the slothfulness of those that have really no mind to it. Those that have no heart to their work pretend that their way is hedged up with thorns, and they cannot do their work at all (as if God were a hard Master, reaping where… Read the whole commentary →