Proverbs 10:1

Proverbs 10:1 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

1The proverbs of Solomon:

A wise son brings joy to his father,

but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

1The proverbs of Solomon.

A wise son makes a father glad,

But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

1The proverbs of Solomon:

A wise son makes a father glad,

But a foolish [stubborn] son [who refuses to learn] is a grief to his mother.

1The proverbs of Solomon:

A wise son brings joy to his father,

but a foolish son grief to his mother.

1The proverbs of Solomon.

A wise son maketh a glad father;

But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

1THE PARABLE OF SALOMON. A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.

1The proverbs of Solomon.

A wise son makes a glad father;

but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

1These are the proverbs of Solomon.

A wise son makes his father glad.

But a foolish son brings sorrow to his mother.

1These are the proverbs of Solomon.

A wise child makes his father happy.

But a foolish child causes his mother to be sad.

1Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causes a father to rejoice, || And a foolish son [is] an affliction to his mother.