Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
My Notes
Commentary
Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.
Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
The proverbs of Solomon,.... This title is repeated from Pro 1:1; and very properly stands here; since here begin those pithy sentences of Solomon, which bear the name of proverbs; the preceding…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
heaviness or sorrow, as the same somewhat uncommon word is rendered in Pro 17:21.
It is perhaps significant that the first proverb deals with so fundamental a relation of human society.
Cross References
Related passages throughout Scripture