Proverbs 15:20

Proverbs chapter 15 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Context

v.19The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.

v.20This passage

v.21Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 30:17

    The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.

  • Philippians 2:22

    But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child serveth a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.

  • Exodus 20:12

    Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • Proverbs 10:1

    The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Proverbs 29:3

    Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

  • 1 Kings 1:48

    And also thus said the king, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.