Proverbs 10:1

The mishle (proverbs) of Sh'lomo. 1 A ben chacham maketh glad an av, 1 but a ben kesil is the grief of his em. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

In Context

2Otzarot resha profit nothing, 1 but tzedakah (righteousness) saveth from mavet. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:1Mishlei Sh'lomo Ben Dovid, Melech Yisroel; 1

Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a kesil doeth it to his sorrow, 1 and the avi naval hath no simchah. 1

Proverbs 19:13A ben kesil is the calamity of aviv (his father), 1 and the contentions of an isha are a constant dripping. + 19:13 i.e., an irritant 1

Proverbs 23:24Avi tzaddik (the father of a righteous one) shall greatly rejoice, 1 and he that fathereth a chacham shall have simchah in him. 1

Proverbs 25:1These are also mishlei Sh'lomo, 1 which the anashim of Chizkiyah Melech Yehudah 1 copied out: 1

Proverbs 29:15The shevet (rod) and tokhakhat (reproof) give chochmah, 1 but a na'ar (child) left to himself bringeth immo to shame. 1

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 →

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