God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 15:20
20A wise son makes his father happy, but a foolish child despises its mother.
Proverbs 15:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
- New International Version (NIV)A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother.
Context of Proverbs 15:20
18A hothead stirs up a fight, but one who holds his temper calms disputes. 19The path of lazy people is like a thorny hedge, but the road of decent people is an ⌞open⌟ highway. A wise son makes his father happy, but a foolish child despises its mother. 21Stupidity is fun to the one without much sense, but a person who has understanding forges straight ahead. 22Without advice plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed.
Read all of Proverbs 15Proverbs 15:20 word by word
בֵּ֣ן חָ֭כָם יְשַׂמַּח־אָ֑ב וּכְסִ֥יל אָ֝דָ֗ם בּוֹזֶ֥ה אִמּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 15:20
- Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes his father happy, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
- Proverbs 23:15My son, if you have a wise heart, my heart will rejoice as well.
- Proverbs 29:3A person who loves wisdom makes his father happy, but one who pays prostitutes wastes his wealth.
- 1 Kings 1:48and said, ‘Praise the Lord God of Israel who has let me see the heir to my throne.’ ”
- 1 Kings 2:9Now, don’t let him go unpunished. You are wise and know what to do to him: Put that gray-haired, old man into his grave by slaughtering him.”
- 1 Kings 5:7Hiram was very glad to hear what Solomon had said. Hiram responded, “May the Lord be praised today. He has given David a wise son to rule this great nation.”
- Philippians 2:22But you know what kind of person Timothy proved to be. Like a father and son we worked hard together to spread the Good News.
- Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father since you are his son, and do not despise your mother because she is old.
- Proverbs 30:17The eye that makes fun of a father and hates to obey a mother will be plucked out by ravens in the valley and eaten by young vultures.
- Exodus 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live for a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
- Leviticus 19:3“Respect your mother and father. Observe my days of rest as holy days. I am the Lord your God.
Commentaries on Proverbs 15:20
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20To “despise” a mother is to cause her the deepest grief, and is therefore not unfitly contrasted with “making a glad father.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20Verse 20 Those who treat an aged mother or a father with contempt or neglect, show their own folly.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. (Compare Pr 10:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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