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Proverbs 10:1
A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 10:1 in other translations
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
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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.
4 The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds, that fly away.
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