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Proverbios 15:20
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- InternationalParallel Translations
El hijo sabio alegra al padre, pero el hombre necio desprecia a su madre.
El hijo sabio alegra al padre; mas el hombre necio menosprecia a su madre.
El hijo sabio alegra al padre; mas el hombre loco menosprecia a su madre.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wise: Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 23:15, Proverbs 23:16, Proverbs 29:3, 1 Kings 1:48, 1 Kings 2:9, 1 Kings 5:7, Philippians 2:22
despiseth: Proverbs 23:22, Proverbs 30:17, Exodus 20:12, Leviticus 19:3
Reciprocal: Proverbs 13:1 - wise Proverbs 17:21 - that Proverbs 17:25 - General Proverbs 19:13 - foolish Proverbs 23:24 - father Proverbs 27:11 - be wise Luke 1:14 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A wise son maketh a glad father,....
:-;
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 sorrow; :-; or causes her to be despised by others, as Jarchi interprets it; such a man's sin, which is great folly, and shows him to be a foolish man, is highly resented by the Lord, and will be severely punished; see Proverbs 30:17. The Targum is,
"a foolish son despises his mother;''
and so the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, which makes the antithesis more clear; and the Hebrew text designs one grown up to man's estate.
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.”
