


Proverbs 17:25
Bible Versions
¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
A son who is a fool means anger for his father and bitterness for the mother who gave him birth.
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
Note: Commentary is generated by AI with a directive for Biblical fidelity. Always rely on the Holy Spirit for discernment. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
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Proverbs 10:1
¶ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother. -
Proverbs 19:13
¶ A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping. -
Proverbs 15:20
¶ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. -
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. -
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity. -
2 Samuel 13:1
¶ And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name [was] Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. -
2 Samuel 13:22
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.