Proverbs 17:25

Young's Literal Translation 1862

A provocation to his father `is' a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

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And it is declared to Joab, `Lo, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom;'

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son `is' an affliction to his mother.

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

A calamity to his father `is' a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife `are' a continual dropping.

Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.