Proverbs 10:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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

¹ 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)

¹ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Common English Bible

¹ The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child brings sorrow to his mother.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ A wise son gladdens the father. Yet truly, a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

Proverbs 10:1 Cross References

Proverbs 1:1

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

Proverbs 29:3

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom: But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

Proverbs 15:20

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

Proverbs 17:21

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: And the father of a fool hath no joy.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Ecclesiastes 12:9

And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And 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 wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

Proverbs 25:1

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out

1 Kings 4:32

And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: But a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me

Proverbs 29:17

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; Yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.