Proverbs 17:25

New King James Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:1

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

Proverbs 10:1

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

Proverbs 15:20

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

Proverbs 17:21

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

Proverbs 19:13

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

Proverbs 23:25

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

Proverbs 29:15

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