Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 in other translations
| BSB | The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother. |
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| WEB | The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. |
| ASV | The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. |
| YLT | Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother. |
| DARBY | The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother. |
| BBE | A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. |
| Webster | The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. |
What does Proverbs 10:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Pr 10:1-32. Here begins the second part of the book, Pr 10:1-22:16, which, with the third, Pr 22:16-25:28, contains series of proverbs whose sense is complete in one or two verses, and which, having no logical connection, admit of no analysis. The parallelisms of Pr 10:1-15:33 are mostly antithetic; and those of Pr 16:1-22:16, synthetic. The evidences of art in the structure are very clear, and indicate, probably, a purpose of facilitating the labor of memorizing.
1. wise [and] foolish--as they follow or reject the precepts of wisdom. maketh ... father--or, "gladdens a father." heaviness--or, "grief."Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
It is impossible to give summaries of such chapters as these, where almost every verse contains a separate subject. Our common version not being able to exhibit the contents as usual, simply says, "From this chapter to the five and twentieth are sundry observations upon moral virtues, and their opposite vices." In general the wise man states in this chapter the difference between the wise and the foolish, the righteous and the wicked, the diligent and the idle. He speaks also of love and hatred, of the good and the evil tongue, or of the slanderer and the peace-maker. Verse 1 The proverbs of Solomon - Some ancient MSS. of the Vulgate have Proverbiorum liber secundus, "The second book of the Proverbs." The preceding nine chapters can only be considered as an introduction, if indeed they may be said to make even a part, of the proverbs of Solomon, which appear to commence only at the tenth chapter. A wise son maketh a glad father - The parallels in this and several of the succeeding chapters are those which Bishop Lowth calls the antithetic; when two lines correspond with each other by an opposition of terms and sentiments; when the second is contrasted with the first; sometimes in expression, sometimes in sense only. Accordingly the degrees of antithesis are various; from an exact contraposition of word to word, through a whole sentence, down to a general disparity, with something of a contrariety in the two propositions, as: - A wise son rejoiceth in his father. But a foolish son is the grief of his mother. Where every word has its opposite; for the terms father and mother are, as the logicians say, relatively opposite.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 10:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 10:1
- Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
- Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
- Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
- Proverbs 23:15-16
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
- Proverbs 29:3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
- Proverbs 23:24-25
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
- 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.
- 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.
- Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- 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.
- Proverbs 25:1
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 10:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Las sentencias de Salomón. EL hijo sabio alegra al padre; y el hijo necio es tristeza de su madre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | ***Proverbes de Salomon. Un fils sage réjouit son père, mais un fils insensé est le chagrin de sa mère. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ein weiser Sohn erfreut den Vater, aber ein törichter Sohn ist seiner Mutter Kummer. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Filius sapiens lætificat patrem, filius vero stultus mœstitia est matris suæ. |