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10 The proverbs of Solomon.

A wise son makes a glad father;
    but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

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A Collection of Solomon’s Proverbs

10 Solomon’s proverbs:(A)

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.(B)

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

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20 A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.(A)

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A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame,
    and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

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A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son
and share an inheritance among brothers.

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25 A foolish son brings grief to his father,
    and bitterness to her who bore him.

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25 A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.(A)

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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
    A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

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13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin,(A)
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.(B)

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26 He who robs his father and drives away his mother
    is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

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26 The one who plunders his father and evicts his mother
is a disgraceful and shameful son.

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