Verse 1

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

Referenced Verses

• Prov 29:3 : 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.
• Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.
• Prov 1:1 : 1 The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
• Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
• Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
• Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart; 16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
• Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him. 25 Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
• Prov 25:1 : 1 These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.
• 1 Kgs 4:32 : 32 He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
• Prov 19:13 : 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.
• Prov 17:21 : 21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
• Eccl 2:19 : 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.
• Eccl 12:9 : 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.