Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon:

A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish [stubborn] son [who refuses to learn] is a grief to his mother.

Proverbs 1:1

The proverbs (truths obscurely expressed, maxims) of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:

Proverbs 29:3

A man who loves [skillful and godly] wisdom makes his father joyful,
But he who associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father
And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof (godly instruction) give wisdom,
But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.

Proverbs 23:15-16

My son, if your heart is wise,
My heart will also be glad;

1 Kings 4:32

He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.

Proverbs 17:21

He who becomes the parent of a fool [who is spiritually blind] does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool [who is spiritually blind] has no joy.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].

Proverbs 23:24-25

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who sires a wise child will have joy in him.

Proverbs 25:1

These are also the proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied:

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity (futility, self-conceit).

Ecclesiastes 12:9

Furthermore, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered and searched out and arranged many proverbs.

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