Proverbs 17:25

American Standard Version 2015

A foolish son is a grief to his father,\par\tab And bitterness to her that bare him.

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The proverbs of Solomon.\par\par\tab A wise son maketh a glad father;\par\tab But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father;\par\tab And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

A wise son maketh a glad father;\par\tab But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

He that begetteth a fool {\i doeth it} to his sorrow;\par\tab And the father of a fool hath no joy.

The rod and reproof give wisdom;\par\tab But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

Let thy father and thy mother be glad,\par\tab And let her that bare thee rejoice.