Proverbs 15:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ A wise child makes a glad father, but the foolish despise their mothers.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ A wise son makes a glad father, but a self-confident and foolish man despises his mother and puts her to shame.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Common English Bible

²⁰ A wise child brings joy to a father, but fools despise their mothers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ A wise son gladdens the father. But the foolish man despises his mother.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ A wise son maketh a father joyful: but the foolish man despiseth his mother.

Proverbs 15:20 Cross References

1 Kings 1:48

and went on to pray thus, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who today has granted one of my offspring to sit on my throne and permitted me to witness it.’ ”

1 Kings 2:9

Therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; you will know what you ought to do to him, and you must bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol.”

1 Kings 5:7

When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the Lord today, who has given to David a wise son to be over this great people.”

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise child loves discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the lazy is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:24

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.

Proverbs 29:3

A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad, but a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Leviticus 19:3

You shall each revere your mother and father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Philippians 2:22

But Timothy’s worth you know, how like a son with a father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.