Proverbs 10:1
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Wise Sayings of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 19:13
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13 A foolish son is ruin to his father,
and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
Proverbs 19:26
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26 He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother
is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
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