Proverbs 17:25

Bible in Basic English 1965

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

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And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.

The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.