Three Thousand Proverbs

And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

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.

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

• Children

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.