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] taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment. 24Wisdom is before 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 bore him. 26To punish a righteous [man] is not good, nor to strike nobles because of [their] uprightness. 27He that hath knowledge spareth his words; and a man of understanding is of a cool spirit.

Proverbs 17:25 word by word

כַּ֣עַס לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וּ֝מֶ֗מֶר לְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• boreיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205

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 grief 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 having a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar, Amnon the son of David loved her.
• Ecclesiastes 2:18And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should 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