10 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

³ Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

¹⁵ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

²⁵ Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

¹⁵ My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

¹⁶ Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

²⁰ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

²¹ He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.