A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs
1 Proverbs of Solomon: observations of moral virtues and their contrary vices
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Psa 49:6;Luk 12:19;Dan 4:27 2 ¶ Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Psa 10:143 The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Pro 13:44 ¶ He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5 ¶ He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Est 7:86 ¶ Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
8 ¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Psa 23:4;Isa 33:15-16 9 ¶ He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10 ¶ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
Psa 107:42;Psa 37:30 11 ¶ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
1 Cor 13:412 ¶ Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Luk 4:2213 ¶ In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14 ¶ Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Job 31:24;Pro 18:11;Luk 12:19 15 ¶ The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16 ¶ The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17 ¶ He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
18 ¶ He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Jam 1:19;Pro 17:27-28;Psa 39:1 19 ¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
20 ¶ The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Gen 12:2;Deu 8:17-18;1 Sam 2:7-8 22 ¶ The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
23 ¶ It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Job 15:21;Mat 5:6 24 ¶ The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
1 Tim 6:19;Mat 7:24;Psa 15:5 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
26 ¶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Ecc 7:1727 ¶ The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Psa 16:9;Rom 5:2;Job 8:13 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Isa 40:31;Zec 10:12;Phi 4:13 29 ¶ The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
31 ¶ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.