A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
A self-confident and foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
A foolish son is irritating to his father and bitter to her who gave birth to him.
A foolish son is the anger of the father and the grief of the mother who conceived him.
A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.
It was reported to Joab, ‘The king is weeping. He’s mourning over Absalom.’
Solomon’s proverbs: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.
Let your father and mother have joy, and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a youth left to himself is a disgrace to his mother.