17:24 17:24

Proverbs 17:25

17:26 17:26

Bible Versions

¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
A foolish {H3684} son {H1121} is a grief {H3708} to his father {H1}, and bitterness {H4470} to her that bare {H3205} 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.
  • 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.
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