Proverbs 17:25

New Century Version

Foolish children make their father sad and cause their mother great sorrow.

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People told Joab, “Look, the king is sad and crying because of Absalom.”

These are the wise words of Solomon: Wise children make their father happy, but foolish children make their mother sad.

Wise children make their father happy, but foolish children disrespect their mother.

It is sad to have a foolish child; there is no joy in being the parent of a fool.

A foolish child brings disaster to a father, and a quarreling wife is like dripping water.

Make your father and mother happy; give your mother a reason to be glad.

Correction and punishment make children wise, but those left alone will disgrace their mother.