Proverbs 17:25

Proverbs 17:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
• New International Version (NIV)A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.

Context of Proverbs 17:25

23A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice. 24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him. 26Also to punish the righteous is not good, Norto smite the noble fortheiruprightness. 27He that spareth his words hath knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

Proverbs 17:25 word by word

כַּ֣עַס לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וּ֝מֶ֗מֶר לְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for Proverbs 17:25

• Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
• Proverbs 15:20A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
• Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
• 2 Samuel 13:1And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
• Ecclesiastes 2:18And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Commentaries on Proverbs 17:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Compare Proverbs 17:21. Here is added a reference to the sorrow which the folly of a child brings especially to the mother.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25Verse 25 Wicked children despise the authority of their father, and the tenderness of their mother.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25A foolish son: This saying applies to both sons and daughters.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. a grief--or cross, vexation (compare Pr 17:21; 10:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 17:25

• Children
• Fool
• Young Men

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Commentaries on Proverbs 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings