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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Foolish children bring grief to their father and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.

Context of Proverbs 17:25

23The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice. 24The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. 26To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. 27Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

Proverbs 17:25 word by word

כַּ֣עַס לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וּ֝מֶ֗מֶר לְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• A foolishכְּסִילkesîyl · foolH3684
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• a griefכַּ֫עַסka‛as ka‛aώ · vexationH3708
• to his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• and bitternessמֶ֫מֶרmemer · bitternessH4470
• to her that bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205

Cross-references for Proverbs 17:25

• Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
• Proverbs 15:20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
• Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
• 2 Samuel 13:1Now Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David's son, loved her.
• Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come 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

In the dictionaries

• Fine
• Friend
• Glad
• Grief
• Price
• Rule
• Strike
• Father
• Grief; Grieve
• Proverb

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