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Proverbs 10:1

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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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  1. Proverbs 1:1Rank 1 from verse 1
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    1THE proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

  2. Proverbs 17:25Rank 2 from verse 1
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    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

  3. Proverbs 29:15Rank 3 from verse 1
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    15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

  4. Proverbs 23:15–16Rank 4 from verse 1
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    15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

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

  5. Proverbs 29:3Rank 5 from verse 1
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    3Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

  6. Proverbs 23:24–25Rank 6 from verse 1
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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.

  7. Proverbs 15:20Rank 7 from verse 1
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    20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  8. Proverbs 17:21Rank 8 from verse 1
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    21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

  9. Ecclesiastes 12:9Rank 9 from verse 1
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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.

  10. Proverbs 19:13Rank 10 from verse 1
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    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

  11. Ecclesiastes 2:19Rank 11 from verse 1
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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.

  12. Proverbs 25:1Rank 12 from verse 1
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    1THESE are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

  13. 1 Kings 4:32Rank 13 from verse 1
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    32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

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Proverbs 10:1

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wise

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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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son

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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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maketh

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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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glad

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Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.

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father

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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mother

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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.

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9:18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

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

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10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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