He composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
Proverbs 10:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE PROVERBS of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish and self-confident son is the grief of his mother. American Standard Version (1901) The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Common English Bible The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child brings sorrow to his mother. Catholic Public Domain Version A wise son gladdens the father. Yet truly, a foolish son is the grief of his mother. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother. |
He composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
A wise child makes a glad father, but the foolish despise their mothers.
The one who fathers a fool gets trouble; the parent of a fool has no joy.
Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.
A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
These are other proverbs of Solomon that the officials of King Hezekiah of Judah copied.
Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.
Discipline your children, and they will give you rest; they will give delight to your heart.
A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad, but a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.
Besides being wise, the Teacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs.
and who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.