10 In this Chapter, and all that follow, unto the thirtieth, the wise man exhorteth by divers sentences, which he calleth Parables, to follow virtue, and flee vice: and also showeth what profit cometh of wisdom, and what hindrance proceedeth of foolishness.

THE PARABLE OF SOLOMON.

A wise (A)son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is an heaviness to his mother.

The treasures of [a]wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

The Lord will [b]not famish the soul of the righteous: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:2 That is, wickedly gotten.
  2. Proverbs 10:3 Though he suffer the just to want for a time, yet he will send him comfort in due season.

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