Proverbs 17:25
כַּעַס לְאָבִיו בֵּן כְּסִיל וּמֶמֶר לְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
In Context
24אֶת ־ פְּנֵי מֵבִין חָכְמָה וְעֵינֵי כְסִיל בִּקְצֵה ־ אָֽרֶץ ׃
26גַּם עֲנוֹשׁ לַצַּדִּיק לֹא ־ טוֹב לְהַכּוֹת נְדִיבִים עַל ־ יֹֽשֶׁר ׃
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:1וַיִּרְגַּז הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיַּעַל עַל ־ עֲלִיַּת הַשַּׁעַר וַיֵּבְךְּ וְכֹה ׀ אָמַר בְּלֶכְתּוֹ בְּנִי אַבְשָׁלוֹם בְּנִי בְנִי אַבְשָׁלוֹם מִֽי ־ יִתֵּן מוּתִי אֲנִי תַחְתֶּיךָ אַבְשָׁלוֹם בְּנִי בְנִֽי ׃
Proverbs 15:20בֵּן חָכָם יְשַׂמַּח ־ אָב וּכְסִיל אָדָם בּוֹזֶה אִמּֽוֹ ׃
Proverbs 23:25יִֽשְׂמַח ־ אָבִיךָ וְאִמֶּךָ וְתָגֵל יֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ ׃
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 →