Proverbs 15:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Proverbs 15:20 Cross References

Proverbs 29:3

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

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 23:22

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

1 Kings 5:7

And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

1 Kings 1:48

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

Leviticus 19:3

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

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.

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.

1 Kings 2:9

Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to the grave with blood.

Exodus 20:12

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: But a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard is as an hedge of thorns: But the path of the upright is made an highway.

Proverbs 23:24

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: And he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.