Proverbs 10:1
THE PARABLE OF SALOMON. A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2The treasures of wickednesse profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:1The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.
Proverbs 23:24The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him.
Proverbs 25:1THESE ARE ALSO PARABLES of Salomon, which the men of Hezekiah King of Iudah copied out.
Proverbs 29:15The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.
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 →