Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is the anger of the father and the grief of the mother who conceived him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
In Context
24Prudence shines from the face of the wise. The eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.
26It is not good to inflict damage on the just, nor to strike the leader who judges uprightly.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:1Now it was reported to Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for his son.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son gladdens the father. But the foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 23:25Let your father and your mother be joyful, and may she who conceived you exult.
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 →