Pro 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth {his} substance.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. {even...: or, even I will rejoice}
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I {am} the LORD your God.
And also thus said the king, Blessed {be} the LORD God of Israel, which hath given {one} to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing {it}.
And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed {be} the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou {art} a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
The eye {that} mocketh at {his} father, and despiseth to obey {his} mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. {the valley: or, the brook}
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
A wise son {heareth} his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise {child} shall have joy of him.
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth {his} substance.
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.
He that begetteth a fool {doeth it} to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
A foolish son {is} a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed {be} the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. {even...: or, even I will rejoice}