Verse 1

¶ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 29:3 : 3 ¶ Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance.
• Prov 29:15 : 15 ¶ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
• Prov 1:1 : 1 ¶ The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
• Prov 15:20 : 20 ¶ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
• Prov 17:25 : 25 ¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
• Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
• Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him. 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
• Prov 25:1 : 1 ¶ These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
• 1 Kgs 4:32 : 32 And he spake 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 dropping.
• Prov 17:21 : 21 ¶ He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
• Eccl 2:19 : 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.
• Eccl 12:9 : 9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.