Proverbs 10:1

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Proverbs 1:1

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

Proverbs 29:3

He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 17:21

He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

Ecclesiastes 12:9

Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

and who knows whether he will be wise 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.

Proverbs 25:1

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

1 Kings 4:32

He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son hears his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 27:11

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.

Proverbs 29:17

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.