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Wise Sayings of Solomon

10 The proverbs of Solomon.

A wise child makes a glad father,
    but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.(A)

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Proverbs of Solomon

10 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child makes a father glad,
    but a foolish child brings sorrow to his mother.

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20 A wise child makes a glad father,
    but the foolish despise their mothers.(A)

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20 A wise child brings joy to a father,
    but fools despise their mothers.

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A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully
    and will share the inheritance as one of the family.(A)

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An insightful servant rules over a disgraceful son
    and will divide an inheritance
    with the brothers.

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25 Foolish children are a grief to their father
    and bitterness to her who bore them.(A)

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25 A foolish son is irritating to his father
    and bitter to her who gave birth to him.

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13 A stupid child is ruin to a father,
    and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.(A)

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13 A foolish son is a disaster to his father;
    a contentious wife is like constant dripping.

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26 Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother
    are children who cause shame and bring reproach.

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26 Those who assault their father and drive out their mother
    are disgraceful children, worthy of reproach.

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