Proverbs 10:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Cross References

1 Kings 4:32

He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.

Proverbs 1:1

The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

Proverbs 17:21

He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

Proverbs 25:1

These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

Proverbs 29:17

Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

Proverbs 29:3

A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

Ecclesiastes 12:9

And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.