King James Version
Proverbs 10:1 in the King James Version says “The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.”
Proverbs 10:1 · KJV
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. the substance: or, the wicked for their wickedness
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“The proverbs”
H4912properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
“son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“maketh a glad”
H8055probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
“son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of his mother”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
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