Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
In Context
26Also to punish a righteous man is not good, [nor] to smite nobles for uprightness.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:1And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 23:25Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her who bore thee rejoice.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:25
24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. Note, 1. He is to be reckoned an intelligent man that not only has wisdom, but has it ready when he has occasion for it. He lays his wisdom before him, as his card and compass which he steers by, has his eye always upon it, as he that writes has on his copy; and then he has it before him; it is not to seek, but still at hand. 2. He that has a giddy head, a roving rambling fancy, will never be fit for any solid… Read the whole commentary →