Proverbs 17:25

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

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It was told Yo'av, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Avshalom.

The proverbs of Shlomo. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.