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Proverbs 10:1
1The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- New International Version (NIV)The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Context of Proverbs 10:1
The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother. 2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death. 3Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous [man] to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:1 word by word
מִשְׁלֵ֗י שְׁלֹ֫מֹ֥ה פ בֵּ֣ן חָ֭כָם יְשַׂמַּח־אָ֑ב וּבֵ֥ן כְּ֝סִ֗יל תּוּגַ֥ת אִמּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:1
- Proverbs 15:20A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
- Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow, and the father of a vile [man] hath no joy.
- Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- Proverbs 23:15My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;
- Proverbs 29:3Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; but he that is a companion of harlots destroyeth [his] substance.
- Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Commentaries on Proverbs 10:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1The proverbs of Solomon - Some ancient MSS. of the Vulgate have Proverbiorum liber secundus, "The second book of the Proverbs." The preceding nine chapters can only be considered as an introduction, if indeed they may be said to make even a part, of the proverbs of Solomon, which appear to commence only at the tenth chapter. A wise son maketh a glad father - The parallels in this and several of the succeeding chapters are those which Bishop Lowth calls…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1See the Introduction.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Through the whole of the Proverbs, we are to look for somewhat beyond the first sense the passage may imply, and this we shall find to be Christ. He is the Wisdom so often spoken of in this book. Verse 1 The comfort of parents much depends on their children; and this suggests to both, motives to their duties.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1This section is called The Proverbs of Solomon. It mostly contains short pieces of advice and observations. These sayings often use antithetical parallelism to compare wisdom and righteousness with foolishness and wickedness. The proverbs seem to be arranged randomly, similar to Egyptian and Mesopotamian wisdom literature. Some proverbs repeat: Proverbs 6:10–11 and 24:33–34 Proverbs 14:12 and 16:25 Proverbs 18:8 and 26:22 Proverbs 19:24 and 26:15 Proverbs…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. wise [and] foolish--as they follow or reject the precepts of wisdom. maketh ... father--or, "gladdens a father." heaviness--or, "grief."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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