Proverbs 17:25 - Tree of Life Version

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

A foolish son is irritating to his father and bitter to her who gave birth to him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

A foolish son is the anger of the father and the grief of the mother who conceived him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.

Proverbs 17:25 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 19:1

The king was shaken. So he went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. As he walked he cried, “My son Absalom! O my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! Absalom, my son, my son!”

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son gives joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

Proverbs 17:21

Whoever fathers a fool gets grief. There is no joy for the father of a disgraceful son.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is trouble for his father, and a quarrelsome wife is constant dripping.

Proverbs 23:25

Let your father and your mother be glad, let she who bore you rejoice!

Proverbs 29:15

A rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.