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Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs 10:1
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Wise Sayings of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise child makes a glad father,
but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.(A)
Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs(A) of Solomon:(B)
A wise son brings joy to his father,(C)
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 1:1
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Proverbs 1:1
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1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:(A)
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Proverbs 29:3
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Proverbs 29:3
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3 A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad,
but a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.(A)
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Proverbs 29:3
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Proverbs 17:25
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Proverbs 17:25
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25 Foolish children are a grief to their father
and bitterness to her who bore them.(A)
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Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son brings grief to his father
and bitterness to the mother who bore him.(A)
Proverbs 29:15
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Proverbs 29:15
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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.(A)
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Proverbs 29:15
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15 A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.(A)
Proverbs 23:24-25
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Proverbs 23:24-25
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24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.(A)
25 Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.
Proverbs 23:24-25
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Proverbs 23:24-25
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Proverbs 23:15-16
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Proverbs 23:15-16
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15 My child, if your heart is wise,
my heart also will be glad.
16 My soul will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.
Proverbs 23:15-16
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Proverbs 23:15-16
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Saying 14
15 My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad indeed;
16 my inmost being will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.(A)
Proverbs 15:20
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Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise child makes a glad father,
but the foolish despise their mothers.(A)
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Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise son brings joy to his father,(A)
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
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Proverbs 17:21
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21 The one who fathers a fool gets trouble;
the parent of a fool has no joy.(A)
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Proverbs 17:21
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21 To have a fool for a child brings grief;
there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.(A)
Proverbs 19:13
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Proverbs 19:13
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13 A stupid child is ruin to a father,
and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.(A)
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Proverbs 19:13
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Ecclesiastes 12:9
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Ecclesiastes 12:9
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Epilogue
9 Besides being wise, the Teacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs.(A)
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The Conclusion of the Matter
9 Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.(A)
Ecclesiastes 2:19
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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19 and who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
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19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish?(A) Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.
Proverbs 25:1
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Proverbs 25:1
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Further Wise Sayings of Solomon
25 These are other proverbs of Solomon that the officials of King Hezekiah of Judah copied.(A)
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More Proverbs of Solomon
25 These are more proverbs(A) of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:(B)
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