Proverbs 15:20
A wise son gladdens his father; 1 But a foolish son sneers at his mother. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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; 1 But those of the diligent are made smooth. 1
21The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; 1 But a wise man proceeds on his way aright. 1
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honor thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to thee.
1 Kings 1:48Moreover thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has this day appointed one of my seed sitting on my throne, and my eyes see it.
Proverbs 23:15Son, if thy heart be wise, 1 Thou shalt also gladden my heart; 1
Proverbs 29:3When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: 1 But he that keeps harlots will waste wealth. 1
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 →