Proverbs 15:20
A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.
Young's Literal Translation
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 slothful [is] as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.
21Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth [his] going.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
1 Kings 1:48and also thus hath the king said, Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath given to-day [one] sitting on my throne, and mine eyes seeing.'
1 Kings 5:7And it cometh to pass at Hiram's hearing the words of Solomon, that he rejoiceth exceedingly, and saith, 'Blessed [is] Jehovah to-day, who hath given to David a wise son over this numerous people.'
Proverbs 23:15My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,
Proverbs 29:3A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.
Philippians 2:22and the proof of him ye know, that as a child [serveth] a father, with me he did serve in regard to 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 →