Proverbs 17:25

New English Translation

A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

See the chapter Copy

(19:2) Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.

May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.

A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.