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Proverbs of Solomon

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

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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 A child of wisdom will make a father glad,
    but a foolish person,[a] he despises his mother.

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  1. Proverbs 15:20 Literally “foolishness of humankind”

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

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A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully,
    and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.

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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 A grief to his father is the child of a fool,
    and bitterness to her who bore him.

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

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Footnotes

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

13 A foolish child is a ruin to his father,
    and the quarreling of a woman[a] is a continuous dripping.

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  1. Proverbs 19:13 Or “wife”

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 He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother,
    is a child who causes shame and brings reproach.

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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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