Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
In Context
24Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.
26It is no good thing to do hurt to the just: nor to strike the prince, who judgeth right.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:1And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son:
Proverbs 15:20A wise son maketh a father joyful: but the foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 23:25Let thy father, and thy mother be joyful, and let her rejoice that bore thee.
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 →