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A Conservative Version
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of 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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow 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 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
Phrases
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Cross References
Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel,
Proverbs 29:3
He who loves wisdom delights his father, but he who keeps company with harlots wastes [his] substance.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
1 Kings 4:32
And he spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five.
Proverbs 17:21
He who begets a fool [it is] to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 25:1
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:9
And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.