Proverbs 10:1
The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son, maketh a glad father, but, a foolish son, is the grief of his mother.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2The treasures of lawlessness, do not profit, but, righteousness, delivereth from death.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:1The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:
Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a dullard, it is to his own grief, neither can the father of the base, rejoice.
Proverbs 19:13Engulfing ruin to his father, is a son that is a dullard,—and, a continuous dripping, are the contentions of a wife.
Proverbs 23:24Greatly shall exult, the father of a righteous man, and, he that begetteth a wise son, shall rejoice in him:
Proverbs 25:1These also, are proverbs of Solomon,—which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.
Proverbs 29:15A rod with rebuke, giveth wisdom, but, a youth unrestrained, bringeth shame to 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 →