Proverbs 10:1
A wise son makes his father glad: but a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
2Treasures shall not profit the lawless: but righteousness shall deliver from death.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:1The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel;
Proverbs 17:21and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure.
Proverbs 23:24A righteous father brings up his children well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son.
Proverbs 25:1These are the + 25:1 Possibly genuine, q. d. beyond doubt. miscellaneous instructions of Solomon, which the friends of Ezekias king of Judea copied out.
Proverbs 29:15Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: but an erring child disgraces his parents.
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 →