Proverbs 10:1

World English Bible (2000)

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:3 : 3 Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes 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 father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
  • Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
  • Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine: 16 yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.
  • Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him. 25 Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you 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 He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were one thousand five.
  • Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
  • Prov 17:21 : 21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
  • Eccl 2:19 : 19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of 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 Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    89%

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

    21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Prov 17:25
    85%

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

  • Prov 23:24-26
    3 verses
    78%

    24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

    25 Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

    26 My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

  • Prov 17:21
    78%

    21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 27:11
    78%

    11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

  • Prov 19:13-14
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    78%

    13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

    14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

  • Prov 23:15
    77%

    15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:

  • Prov 1:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

    8 My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:

  • Prov 29:17
    76%

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

  • Prov 15:5
    76%

    5 A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 13:1
    76%

    1 A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

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

    27 If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Eccl 4:13
    74%

    13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.

  • Prov 28:7
    73%

    7 Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

  • Prov 17:2
    73%

    2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

  • Prov 29:15
    73%

    15 The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

  • Prov 17:6
    73%

    6 Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

  • Prov 10:5
    73%

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

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

  • Prov 6:20
    73%

    20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.

  • Deut 21:18
    72%

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

  • Prov 4:10
    72%

    10 Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 10:2
    72%

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

  • Prov 11:29
    71%

    29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 5:1
    71%

    1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

  • Prov 29:3
    71%

    3 Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

  • Prov 3:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12 for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

    13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

  • Prov 19:18
    71%

    18 Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.

  • Prov 1:1
    71%

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

  • Prov 23:22
    71%

    22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 4:3
    71%

    3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

  • Prov 10:23
    71%

    23 It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.

  • Hos 13:13
    70%

    13 The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come to the opening of the womb.

  • Prov 4:1
    70%

    1 Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

  • Prov 13:24
    70%

    24 One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

  • Prov 31:2
    70%

    2 "Oh, my son! Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!

  • Prov 10:8
    70%

    8 The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

  • Prov 14:24
    70%

    24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

  • Prov 14:1
    70%

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

  • Prov 12:25
    70%

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

  • Eccl 7:4
    70%

    4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

  • Prov 14:3
    70%

    3 The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

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