Verse 1

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

Referenced Verses

• Prov 29:3 : 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth [his] substance.
• Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
• Prov 1:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
• Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
• Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
• Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine: 16 Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.
• Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him. 25 Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.
• Prov 25:1 : 1 These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
• 1 Kgs 4:32 : 32 And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
• Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
• Prov 17:21 : 21 He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.
• Eccl 2:19 : 19 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.
• Eccl 12:9 : 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.