Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Proverbs

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Proverbs 25:1
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
1 Kings 4:32
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
Ecclesiastes 12:9
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

A wise

Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 23:15
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Proverbs 29:3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

General references

Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

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