Proverbs 10:1
THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
¶ *The Prouerbes of Solomon: A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is the heauinesse of his mother.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 15.20.
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24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
24*The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wise child, shall haue ioy of him.
25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.
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9And 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.
9‖*And moreouer because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, yea he gaue good heed, and sought out, and set in order many prouerbes.
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19And 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.
19*And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a foole? yet shall he haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue laboured, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the Sunne. This is also vanitie.
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Proverbs 10:1
Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.
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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.
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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).
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Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.
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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
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Lacking wisdom or sound judgment; acting or speaking without wisdom.
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Sorrow, grief, mourning, distress, or burden of heart.
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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.
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1THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
1¶ *The Prouerbes of Solomon: A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is the heauinesse of his mother.
Selected passage2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
2*Treasures of wickednesse profit nothing: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.