Proverbs 10:1
What does Proverbs 10:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 10:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- 1 Kings 4:32
And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
- Proverbs 29:3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.
- Proverbs 23:24
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
- Proverbs 25:1
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
- Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
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