Proverbs 10:1

Solomon’s proverbs:

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.

Proverbs 1:1

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

Proverbs 29:3

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.

Proverbs 29:15

A rod of correction imparts wisdom,
but a youth left to himself
is a disgrace to his mother.

Proverbs 23:15-16

My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart will indeed rejoice.

1 Kings 4:32

Solomon composed 3,000 proverbs, and his songs numbered 1,005.

Proverbs 17:21

A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is his father’s ruin,
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

Proverbs 23:24-25

The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

Proverbs 25:1

These too are proverbs of Solomon,
which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 12:9

In addition to the Teacher being a wise man, he constantly taught the people knowledge; he weighed, explored, and arranged many proverbs.

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