Proverbs 10:1
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָשָׁל
mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
שְׁלֹמֹה
Shᵉlômôh
Shelomah, David's successor
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שָׂמַח
sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
תּוּגָה
tûwgâh
depression (of spirits); concretely a grief
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Key Terms in This Verse
מָשָׁל mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
Study H4912 →שָׂמַח sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
Study H8055 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
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