Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Read Proverbs 17 Compare translations Original words
Cross references
- Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- 2 Samuel 13:1–3 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
- Proverbs 15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.