Contrast of the Righteous and the Wicked

10 The (A)proverbs of Solomon.

(B)A wise son makes a father glad,
But (C)a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

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

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20 A (A)wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man (B)despises his mother.

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

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A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.

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A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

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25 A (A)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And (B)bitterness to her who gave birth to him.

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

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13 A (A)foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the (B)quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.

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

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26 He (A)who assaults his father and drives his mother away
Is a shameful and disgraceful son.

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26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

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