KJV King James Version
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
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Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
WEB World English Bible
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
ASV American Standard Version
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 10
1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4 He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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Proverbs 1:1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.Proverbs 17:25A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.Proverbs 29:3Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance.Proverbs 23:15-16My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.Proverbs 23:24-25The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.Proverbs 15:20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.Ecclesiastes 12:9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.Proverbs 19:13A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.Proverbs 25:1These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.1 Kings 4:32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
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