Proverbs 15:20
A wise son causeth his father to rejoice; but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
In Context
21Folly is joy to him that is void of sense; but a man of understanding walketh straight forward.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honor thy father and thy mother; in order that thy days may be prolonged upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
1 Kings 1:48And also thus hath the king said, Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who hath given [me] this day one who sitteth on my throne, while my eyes see it.
1 Kings 5:7(5:21) And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly; and he said, Blessed be the Lord this day, who hath given unto David a wise son over this numerous people.
Proverbs 23:15My son, If thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Proverbs 29:3The man that loveth wisdom causeth his father to rejoice; but he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth [his] wealth.
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 →