Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Despiseth

Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
Leviticus 19:3
Every one of you shall reverence his mother and his father, and you shall keep My sabbaths; I am the Lord your God.

General references

Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father
And bitterness to her who bore him.
Luke 1:14
You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

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