Proverbs 15:20

A Conservative Version

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Cross References

Proverbs 29:3

He who loves wisdom delights his father, but he who keeps company with harlots wastes [his] substance.

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Proverbs 23:22

Hearken to thy father who begot 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 LORD this day, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.

1 Kings 1:48

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

Leviticus 19:3

Every man shall fear his mother, and his father. And ye shall keep my Sabbaths. I am LORD your God.

Philippians 2:22

But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child to a father, he served with me for the good-news.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks at his father, and despises 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 do not hold him guiltless, for thou are a wise man, and thou will know what thou ought to do to him, and thou shall bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.

Exodus 20:12

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

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son [hears] his father's instruction, but a scoffer listens not to rebuke.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.

Proverbs 23:24

The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise son will have joy of him.