Proverbs 10:1
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 10:1
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child makes a father glad,
but a foolish child grieves his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 15:20
Lexham English Bible
20 A child of wisdom will make a father glad,
but a foolish person,[a] he despises his mother.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:20 Literally “foolishness of humankind”
Proverbs 17:2
New American Standard Bible
2 A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.
Proverbs 17:2
Lexham English Bible
2 A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully,
and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.
Proverbs 17:25
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 17:25
Lexham English Bible
25 A grief to his father is the child of a fool,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 19:13
New American Standard Bible
13 A (A)foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the (B)quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:13
Lexham English Bible
13 A foolish child is a ruin to his father,
and the quarreling of a woman[a] is a continuous dripping.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:13 Or “wife”
Proverbs 19:26
New American Standard Bible
26 He (A)who assaults his father and drives his mother away
Is a shameful and disgraceful son.
Proverbs 19:26
Lexham English Bible
26 He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother,
is a child who causes shame and brings reproach.
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