He also uttered three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
Proverbs 10:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. 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 also uttered three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
A stupid son is a grief to a father; and the father of a fool has no joy.
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied.
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but one who keeps company with harlots squanders his substance.
Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging proverbs with great care.
and who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.