Proverbs 17:25

New International Reader's Version

A foolish child makes his father sad and his mother sorry.

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Someone told Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom. He’s filled with sadness because his son has died.”

These are the proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes his father glad. But a foolish son brings sorrow to his mother.

A wise son makes his father glad. But a foolish son hates his mother.

It is sad to have a foolish child. The parents of a godless fool have no joy.

A foolish child is a father’s ruin. A nagging wife is like dripping that never stops.

May your father and mother be glad. May the woman who gave birth to you be joyful.

If a child is corrected, they become wise. But a child who is not corrected brings shame to their mother.