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The Proverbs of Solomon

10 The proverbs of Solomon:

A wise child[a] brings joy to a father;
    a foolish child brings grief to a mother.

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  1. 10:1 Hebrew son; also in 10:1b.

Solomon’s Sayings

10 The proverbs of Solomon.

A wise son brings joy to his father,
    but a foolish son grieves his mother.

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20 Sensible children bring joy to their father;
    foolish children despise their mother.

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20 A wise son makes a father glad,
    but a foolish man despises his mother.

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A wise servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful son
    and will share the inheritance of the master’s children.

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A prudent servant will rule in place of a disgraceful son
    and will share in the inheritance among brothers.

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25 Foolish children[a] bring grief to their father
    and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.

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  1. 17:25 Hebrew A foolish son.

25 A foolish son brings grief to his father
    and bitterness to his mother.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 17:25 Lit. to the one who bore him

13 A foolish child[a] is a calamity to a father;
    a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.

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  1. 19:13 Hebrew son; also in 19:27.

13 A father’s ruin is a foolish son,
    and a wife’s quarreling is like[a] dripping water that never stops.

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  1. Proverbs 19:13 The Heb. lacks like

26 Children who mistreat their father or chase away their mother
    are an embarrassment and a public disgrace.

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26 Whoever mistreats his father
    and alienates his mother
        is a son who brings both shame and disrespect.

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