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Bible in Basic English
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Holman Bible
Solomon’s proverbs:
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
International Standard Version
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grieves his mother.
A Conservative Version
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
American Standard Version
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Amplified
The proverbs of Solomon:
But a foolish [stubborn] son [who refuses to learn] is a grief to his mother.
Darby Translation
The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Julia Smith Translation
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son will gladden a father: and a son of the foolish will grieve his mother.
King James 2000
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.
Modern King James verseion
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet son is a heaviness unto his mother.
NET Bible
The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.
New Heart English Bible
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
The Emphasized Bible
The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son, maketh a glad father, but, a foolish son, is the grief of his mother.
Webster
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
World English Bible
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Youngs Literal Translation
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.
Themes
Children » Good » Make their parents' hearts glad
Good Children » Make their parents' hearts glad
Home » parental love » Parental feelings and emotions » Sorrow
Parents » Wicked children, a cause of grief to
Parents » Who makes a glad father
Topics
Interlinear
son, children, old, first, man, young, young , child, stranger, people,
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References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 10:1
Prayers for Proverbs 10:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. 2 Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.
Phrases
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Cross References
Proverbs 1:1
The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
Proverbs 29:3
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.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
Proverbs 29:15
The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.
Proverbs 23:15-16
My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
1 Kings 4:32
He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
Proverbs 17:21
He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
Proverbs 23:24-25
The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
Proverbs 25:1
These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
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.
Ecclesiastes 12:9
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.