Proverbs 10:1
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
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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.
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20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.
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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
- Prov 23:24-263 verses78%
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.
26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
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21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
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11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.
- Prov 19:13-142 verses78%
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.
14 House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.
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15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
- Prov 1:7-82 verses76%
7 The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:
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17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.
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5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
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1 A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.
- Prov 19:26-272 verses74%
26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.
27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.
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13 A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.
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7 He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.
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2 A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.
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15 The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.
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6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.
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5 He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.
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15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.
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20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
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18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:
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10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.
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2 Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.
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29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
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1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:
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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.
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12 For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.
13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
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18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
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1 The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
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22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
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3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.
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23 It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
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1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
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24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.
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8 The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.
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24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.
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1 Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.
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25 Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.
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4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
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3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.
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6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.