Proverbs 15:20
What meaning of the proverbs 15:20 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 15:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother."
What does Proverbs 15:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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.”...
CHAPTER 15 THE BETTER THINGS One can read through the proverbs recorded in this chapter and ask the question, What are the better things? A soft answer which turneth away wrath is better than grievou...
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 concepti...
_despiseth_ and so _maketh her sad_, in latent contrast with the first clause of the verse....
TEXT Proverbs 15:12-22 12. A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise. 13. A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. 14. T...
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 her sad...
1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 15 V1 A quiet answer reduces anger. But an impatient word increases anger. V2 A wise man’s words are full of knowledge. A fool’s words are p...
בֵּ֣ן חָ֭כָם יְשַׂמַּח ־אָ֑ב וּ כְסִ֥יל אָ֝דָ֗ם בֹּוזֶ֥ה אִמֹּֽו׃...
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 meek t...
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 Chris...
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 Hi...
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...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be follow...
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 and her s...
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; _but a m...
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 the tra...
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 proverb....
Proverbs 15:20 wise H2450 son H1121 makes H8055 father H1 glad H8055 (H8762) foolish H3684 man H120 despises H959 (H8802) mother H517 wise - Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 23:15-16, Proverbs 29:3;...
THE MAN OF UNDERSTANDING OVERCOMES ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES AND ENJOYS A LIFE OF PLEASANTNESS WHILST THE FOOL CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCES TROUBLE (PROVERBS 15:14). This subsection is in an inclusio concernin...
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 be...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The course of the wicked man is an abomination to God, neither is there any offering he can make to God that can be accepte...
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, said...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:20 On the fool who DESPISES HIS MOTHER, see the complementary proverb of v. Proverbs 15:5. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=imag...
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 OPPOSITE...
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 that answer...
Fifteen. I love this first one here. A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger (Proverbs 15:1). How oftentimes a person comes just raging and a soft answer turns away wrath. I...
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;...