Proverbs 17:25

New International Version

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

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Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.

A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!

A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.