Proverbs 17:25
A fond son is the ire of the father, and the sorrow of the mother that bare him.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:1Forsooth it was told to Joab, that the king wept, and bewailed his son;
Proverbs 15:20A wise son maketh glad his father; but a fond man despiseth his mother. (A wise son maketh his father happy; but a fool despiseth his mother.)
Proverbs 23:25Thy father and thy mother have joy, and he that begat thee, make full out joy. (So let thy father and thy mother have joy over thee, and let she who bare 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 →