“ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. ”
To “despise” a mother is to cause her the deepest grief, and is therefore not unfitly contrasted with “making a glad father.”
Proverbs 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One ( Proverbs 15:11 ) is noteworthy as showing an extended con...
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. A wise son maketh a glad father (since he honours his father): but a foolish man despiseth his mother - and so makes h...
1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A m...
Words in Season Proverbs 15:18-33 Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper which is blessed to live with and blessed to die with. Temper is said to be nine-tenths of...
Verse Proverbs 15:11 . This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to...
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. A wise son maketh a...
A wise son maketh a glad father ,.... Proverbs 10:1 ; but a foolish man despiseth his mother ; that bore him and brought him up, and perhaps was too indulgent to him; which aggravates his sin an...
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. Ver. 20. A wise son maketh a glad father. ] See Trapp on " Pro 10:1 "
A wise son , &c. See the note on chap. 10:1, where we have the same proverb. Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom He not only works wickedness, but takes pleasure in doing it; bu...
20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. Observe here, 1. To the praise of good children, that they are the joy of their parents, who ought to have...
Maketh a glad father, by giving him that honour and obedience which he oweth to him. Despiseth his mother; whereby he maketh her sad. See Poole on " Proverbs 10:1 " , where we have the same prov...
The Man Of Understanding Overcomes Adverse Circumstances And Enjoys A Life Of Pleasantness Whilst The Fool Continually Experiences Trouble ( Proverbs 15:14-21 ). This subsection is in an inclusio...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 15:19 . Made plain , “is paved,” or “is a highway.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:19 THE WAY OF THE SLOTHFUL AND THE RIGHTEOUS I. The one thing common to these...
Proverbs 15:20 I. Consider in what this wisdom consists. Wisdom in the Proverbs does not mean simply intellectual greatness, or intellectual acquirements; a man may be very learned and clever, yet...
Proverbs 15:1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath. It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, sa...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath . Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and...
v. 20. A wise son maketh a glad father, Proverbs 10:1 ; but a foolish man despiseth his mother, such neglect and contempt of his mother proving him to be a fool of a man, not only on account of...
1 Kings 1:48 ; 1 Kings 2:9 ; 1 Kings 5:7 ; Exodus 20:12 ; Leviticus 19:3 ; Philippians 2:22 ; Proverbs 10:1 ; Proverbs 23:15 ; Proverbs 23:16 ; Proverbs 23:22 ; Proverbs 29:3 ; Proverbs 3...