Proverbs 10:1
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
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2Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:1The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
Proverbs 17:21He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
Proverbs 23:24The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
Proverbs 25:1These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:1
Hitherto we have been in the porch or preface to the proverbs, here they begin. They are short but weighty sentences; most of them are distichs, two sentences in one verse, illustrating each other; but it is seldom that there is any coherence between the verses, much less any thread of discourse, and therefore in these chapters we need not attempt to reduce the contents to their proper heads, the several sentences will appear best in their own places. The scope of them all is to set before us good and evil, the… Read the whole commentary →