Proverbs 10:1
A wise son gladdens the father. Yet truly, a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
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In Context
2Treasures of impiety will profit nothing. Truly, justice shall liberate from death.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:1The parables of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel,
Proverbs 17:21A foolish one is born into his own disgrace. But his father will not rejoice in one who is senseless.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the grief of his father. And an argumentative wife is like a roof that is continually leaking.
Proverbs 23:24The father of the just exults in gladness; he who has conceived the wise will rejoice in him.
Proverbs 25:1These, too, are parables of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transferred.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings 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 →