Proverbs 15:20

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 "

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 15:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To “despise” a mother is to cause her the deepest grief, and is therefore not unfitly contrasted with “making a glad father.”
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One ( Proverb...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 i...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 o...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 wor...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 th...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Man Of Understanding Overcomes Adverse Circumstances And Enjoys A Life Of Pleasantness Whilst The Fool Continually Experiences Trouble ( Proverb...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 15:20 I. Consider in what this wisdom consists. Wisdom in the Proverbs does not mean simply intellectual greatness, or intellectual acqui...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 miscon...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath . Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured pers...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 23:1...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 15:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 15:20