1A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.


In Context

1 A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.

2 Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

3 The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:1The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:1The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:1Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.