Proverbs 10:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

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  • Prov 29:3 : 3 Whoever loves wisdom makes his father glad; but he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself brings 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 makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
  • Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
  • Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 Yes, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.
  • Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child shall have joy of him. 25 Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she who bore you shall 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 spoke 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 dripping.
  • Prov 17:21 : 21 He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
  • Eccl 2:19 : 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
  • Eccl 12:9 : 9 Moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    89%

    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 17:25
    85%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 23:24-26
    3 verses
    78%

    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child shall have joy of him.

    25Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she who bore you shall rejoice.

    26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

  • Prov 17:21
    78%

    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 27:11
    78%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may have an answer for him who reproaches me.

  • Prov 19:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

    14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers, and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

  • Prov 23:15
    77%

    15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 1:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 29:17
    76%

    17Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your soul.

  • Prov 15:5
    76%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 13:1
    76%

    1A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26He who wastes his father, and chases away his mother, is a son who causes shame, and brings reproach.

    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Eccl 4:13
    74%

    13Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who will not be admonished anymore.

  • Prov 28:7
    73%

    7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.

  • Prov 17:2
    73%

    2A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, and will share the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Prov 29:15
    73%

    15The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

  • Prov 17:6
    73%

    6Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Prov 10:5
    73%

    5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 6:20
    73%

    20My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake the law of your mother:

  • Deut 21:18
    72%

    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them,

  • Prov 4:10
    72%

    10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 10:2
    72%

    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 11:29
    71%

    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 5:1
    71%

    1My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding:

  • Prov 29:3
    71%

    3Whoever loves wisdom makes his father glad; but he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.

  • Prov 3:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.

    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

  • Prov 19:18
    71%

    18Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not spare for his crying.

  • Prov 1:1
    71%

    1The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel;

  • Prov 23:22
    71%

    22Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 4:3
    71%

    3For I was my father's son, tender and dearly loved in the sight of my mother.

  • Prov 10:23
    71%

    23It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • Hos 13:13
    70%

    13The sorrows of a laboring woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

  • Prov 4:1
    70%

    1Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding.

  • Prov 13:24
    70%

    24He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

  • Prov 31:2
    70%

    2What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?

  • Prov 10:8
    70%

    8The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 14:24
    70%

    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 14:1
    70%

    1Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.

  • Prov 12:25
    70%

    25Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad.

  • Eccl 7:4
    70%

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.

  • Prov 14:3
    70%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.