1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1)Solomon, speaking to us as unto children, observes here how much the comfort of parents, natural, political, and ecclesiastical, depends upon the good behaviour of those under their charge, as a reason, 1. Why parents should be careful to give their children a good education, and to train them up in the ways of religion, which, if it obtain the desired effect, they themselves will have the comfort…
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