Proverbs 15:20
A wise son brings joy to his father, 1 but a foolish person despises his mother. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you.
1 Kings 1:48The king also said, 'Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given a person to sit on my throne this day, and that my own eyes should see it.'”
1 Kings 5:7When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, “May Yahweh be blessed today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.”
Proverbs 23:15My son, if your heart is wise, 1 then my heart also will be glad; 1
Proverbs 29:3Whoever loves wisdom makes his father rejoice, 1 but he who keeps company with prostitutes destroys his wealth. 1
Philippians 2:22But you know his worth, because as a child serves his father, so 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 →