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.

Cross References

1 Kings 4:32

He composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

Proverbs 1:1

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

Proverbs 13:1

A wise child loves discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise child makes a glad father, but the foolish despise their mothers.

Proverbs 17:21

The one who fathers a fool gets trouble; the parent of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 17:25

Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.

Proverbs 19:13

A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

Proverbs 25:1

These are other proverbs of Solomon that the officials of King Hezekiah of Judah copied.

Proverbs 27:11

Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.

Proverbs 29:17

Discipline your children, and they will give you rest; they will give delight to your heart.

Proverbs 29:3

A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad, but a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.

Ecclesiastes 12:9

Besides being wise, the Teacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

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.