And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
Proverbs 10:1 - American Standard Version 2015 The proverbs of Solomon.\par\par\tab A wise son maketh a glad father;\par\tab But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
A wise son {\i heareth} his father's instruction;\par\tab But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
A wise son maketh a glad father;\par\tab But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
He that begetteth a fool {\i doeth it} to his sorrow;\par\tab And the father of a fool hath no joy.
A foolish son is a grief to his father,\par\tab And bitterness to her that bare him.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father;\par\tab And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.\par
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,\par\tab That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
The rod and reproof give wisdom;\par\tab But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest;\par\tab Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father;\par\tab But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.
And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, {\i and} set in order many proverbs.
And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.