Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:1These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
Proverbs 17:21A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 23:24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
Proverbs 25:1These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:
Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces 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 →