'Son' in the Bible

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

Hear, my son, your father’s instructionAnd do not forsake your mother’s teaching;

My son, if sinners entice you,Do not consent.

My son, do not walk in the way with them.Keep your feet from their path,

My son, if you will receive my wordsAnd treasure my commandments within you,

My son, do not forget my teaching,But let your heart keep my commandments;

My son, do not reject the discipline of the LordOr loathe His reproof,

For whom the Lord loves He reproves,Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

My son, let them not vanish from your sight;Keep sound wisdom and discretion,

When I was a son to my father,Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

Hear, my son, and accept my sayingsAnd the years of your life will be many.

My son, give attention to my words;Incline your ear to my sayings.

My son, give attention to my wisdom,Incline your ear to my understanding;

For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteressAnd embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor,Have given a pledge for a stranger,

Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.

My son, observe the commandment of your fatherAnd do not forsake the teaching of your mother;

My son, keep my wordsAnd treasure my commandments within you.

The proverbs of Solomon.A wise son makes a father glad,But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely,But he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully.

A wise son accepts his father’s discipline,But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

He who withholds his rod hates his son,But he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

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

A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,And will share in the inheritance among brothers.

A foolish son is a grief to his fatherAnd bitterness to her who bore him.

A foolish son is destruction to his father,And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.

Discipline your son while there is hope,And do not desire his death.

He who assaults his father and drives his mother awayIs a shameful and disgraceful son.

Cease listening, my son, to discipline,And you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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

Listen, my son, and be wise,And direct your heart in the way.

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.

Give me your heart, my son,And let your eyes delight in my ways.

My son, eat honey, for it is good,Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;

My son, fear the Lord and the king;Do not associate with those who are given to change,

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,That I may reply to him who reproaches me.

He who keeps the law is a discerning son,But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;He will also delight your soul.

He who pampers his slave from childhoodWill in the end find him to be a son.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle.The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:

What, O my son?And what, O son of my womb?And what, O son of my vows?