Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
A wise son maketh a glad father,.... See Gill on Pro 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…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
To “despise” a mother is to cause her the deepest grief, and is therefore not unfitly contrasted with “making a glad father.”
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
Observe here, 1. To the praise of good children, that they are the joy of their parents, who ought to have joy of them, having taken so much care and pains about them. And it adds much to the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
despiseth and so maketh her sad, in latent contrast with the first clause of the verse.
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