Proverbs 15:20 KJV

Proverbs · chapter 15 · verse 20 · King James Version

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.

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 →