Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh glad his father; but a fond man despiseth his mother. (A wise son maketh his father happy; but a fool despiseth his mother.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou be long living on the land (or so that thou can live a long life in the land), which thy Lord God shall give to thee.
1 Kings 1:48and furthermore he spake these things, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that hath given today a sitter in my throne, while mine eyes see. (and furthermore he spoke these things, and said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who today hath given such a man to sit on my throne, while I have lived to see it.)
1 Kings 5:7Therefore when Hiram had heard the words of Solomon, he was full glad, and said, Blessed be the Lord God today, that hath given to David the son most wise upon this people full much. (And so when Hiram had heard Solomon’s words, he was very glad, and said, Blessed be the Lord God today, who hath given David a most wise son to rule over this great people.)
Proverbs 23:15My son, if thy soul is wise, mine heart shall have joy with thee; (My son, if thou be wise, my heart shall have joy over thee;)
Proverbs 29:3A man that loveth wisdom, maketh glad his father; but he that nourisheth a strumpet, shall lose his chattel. (A man who loveth wisdom, maketh his father glad; but he who feedeth a whore, shall lose his possessions.)
Philippians 2:22But know ye the assay of him, for as a son to the father he hath 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 →