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Proverbs 15:20 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 15 · verse 20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.Proverbs 15:20 · King James Version
Proverbs 15:20 in context
18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
22Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- despisethbâzâhto disesteemH959 →
- foolishkᵉçîylproperly, fatH3684 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- wisechâkâmwiseH2450 →
- gladsâmachprobably to brighten upH8055 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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Observe here, 1. To the praise of good children, that they are the joy of their parents, who ought to have joy of them, having taken so much care and pains about them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary