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

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Proverbs of Solomon

10 The proverbs(A) of Solomon:(B)

A wise son brings joy to his father,(C)
    but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

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20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

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20 A wise son brings joy to his father,(A)
    but a foolish man despises his mother.

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21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

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21 To have a fool for a child brings grief;
    there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.(A)

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

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25 A foolish son brings grief to his father
    and bitterness to the mother who bore him.(A)

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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,(A)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.(B)

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26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

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26 Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother(A)
    is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

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15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

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Saying 14

15 My son, if your heart is wise,
    then my heart will be glad indeed;

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16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

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16 my inmost being will rejoice
    when your lips speak what is right.(A)

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24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

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24 The father of a righteous child has great joy;
    a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.(A)

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25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

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25 May your father and mother rejoice;
    may she who gave you birth be joyful!(A)

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