A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
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 satisfaction of those that are good if they have reason to think that they have been a comfort to their parents in their declining years, when evil days come. 2.
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 and her sorrow; See Gill on Pro 10:1; or causes her to be despised by others, as Jarchi interprets it; such a man's sin, which is great folly...
Pro 15:20-23 This collection of Solomonic proverbs began, Pro 10:1, with a proverb having reference to the observance of the fourth commandment, and a second chief section, Pro 13:1, began in the same way. Here a proverb of the same kind designates the beginning of a third chief section.
Commenting on Proverbs 15:20-23