Proverbs 17:25
An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
In Context
26Certaynely to condempne the iust is not good: nor to strike the gouernours whiche iudge rightly.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:20A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother.
Proverbs 23:25[Do so that] thy father and mother may be glad of thee, and that she that bare thee may reioyce.
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 →