A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.


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Proverbs 17 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 10 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 13 1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 19 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 19 26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Proverbs 13 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 15 5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Micah 7 6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Proverbs 17 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 29 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Ezekiel 16 44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Matthew 10 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Hosea 13 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
Proverbs 23 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 10 5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 12 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 9 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 15 12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Proverbs 28 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Deuteronomy 22 16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
Proverbs 9 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Proverbs 14 35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
Proverbs 22 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Deuteronomy 21 15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
Proverbs 12 9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Proverbs 14 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Proverbs 21 11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 7 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Proverbs 29 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
Ecclesiastes 10 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Proverbs 28 24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Ecclesiastes 4 13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Deuteronomy 21 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Proverbs 24 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Ecclesiastes 10 2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Proverbs 30 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Proverbs 13 7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
Mark 7 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
Proverbs 13 5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
Isaiah 2 9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Ecclesiastes 9 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Proverbs 11 12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
Job 24 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Proverbs 15 13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 28 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Proverbs 29 23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Luke 6 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Ecclesiastes 7 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Proverbs 9 7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Proverbs 14 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.