Add parallel Print Page Options

10 The proverbs of Solomon.

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

Read full chapter

The Proverbs of Solomon

10 The proverbs of Solomon.

A wise son makes a glad father,
    but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

A wise servant will have rule over a son who causes shame,
    and will have part of the inheritance among the brothers.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father,
    and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping of water.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter