Proverbs 17:25

New King James Version

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.

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The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

A foolish son is the ruin of his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

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

He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow, And the father of a fool has no joy.

The rod and rebuke give wisdom, But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

And Joab was told, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”

Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who bore you rejoice.