Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth [his] father to rejoice; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2Treasures of wickedness will not profit aught; but righteousness will deliver from death.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, the king of Israel:
Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a fool [doth it] to his sorrow; and the father of a worthless fool cannot have any joy.
Proverbs 19:13A calamity unto his father is a foolish son; and a continual dropping are the quarrels of a wife.
Proverbs 23:24The father of the righteous will be greatly glad, and he that begetteth a wise child will have joy through him.
Proverbs 25:1Also these are the proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah the king of Judah have collected.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof impart wisdom; but a lad abandoned to himself bringeth shame on 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 →