Proverbs 15:20
A wise son, maketh a glad father,—but, a dullard, despiseth his own mother.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 hedge, but, the path of the upright, is a raised road.
21Folly, is joy to him that lacketh sense,—but, a man of understanding, taketh a straight course.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honour thy father, and thy mother,—that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee.
1 Kings 1:48Moreover also, thus and thus, hath said the king,—Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, who hath given, to-day, one to sit upon my throne, mine own eyes also beholding it.
1 Kings 5:7And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly,—and said: Blessed, be Yahweh, to-day, who hath given unto David a wise son, over this great people!
Proverbs 23:15My son! if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Proverbs 29:3A man who loveth wisdom, gladdeneth his father, but, a companion of harlots, destroyeth wealth.
Philippians 2:22But, of the proof of him, be taking note,—that, as child, with father, with me, hath he done service for the glad-message;
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 →