Proverbs 15:20
A wise son gladdens his father; but a foolish son sneers at his mother.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
In Context
19The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; but those of the diligent are made smooth.
21The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12+ 20:12 Matt 15:4 Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the good land, which the Lord your God gives to you.
1 Kings 1:48Moreover thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has this day + 1:48 Gr. given. appointed one of my seed sitting on my throne, and my eyes see it.
1 Kings 5:7And it came to pass, as soon as Chiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be God today, who has given to David a wise son over this numerous people.
Proverbs 23:15Son, if your heart be wise, you shall also gladden my heart;
Proverbs 29:3When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: but he that keeps harlots will waste 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 →