Verse 1

A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 29:3 : 3 A man that loueth wisdome, reioyceth his father: but he that feedeth harlots, wasteth his substance.
• Prov 29:15 : 15 The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.
• Prov 1:1 : 1 The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
• Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
• Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.
• Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce, and I also. 16 And my reynes shall reioyce, when thy lips speake righteous things.
• Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the righteous shal greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him. 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.
• Prov 25:1 : 1 These are also Parables of Salomon, which the men of Hezekiah King of Iudah copied out.
• 1 Kgs 4:32 : 32 And Salomon spake three thousand prouerbs: and his songs were a thousand and fiue.
• Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.
• Prov 17:21 : 21 He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.
• Eccl 2:19 : 19 And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.
• Eccl 12:9 : 9 And the more wise the Preacher was, the more he taught the people knowledge, and caused them to heare, and searched foorth, and prepared many parables.