Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
World English Bible British
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 sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
21Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12“Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
1 Kings 1:48Also thus said the king, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne today, my eyes even seeing it.’”
1 Kings 5:7When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, “Blessed is the LORD today, who has given to David a wise son to rule over this great people.”
Proverbs 23:15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
Proverbs 29:3Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Philippians 2:22But you know that he has proved himself. As a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
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 →