Proverbs 17:25

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:1

It was told Joab, "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 a sorrow to his mother.

Proverbs 15:20

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

Proverbs 17:21

He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

Proverbs 23:25

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

Proverbs 29:15

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