Devine Scripture

Proverbs 17:25

Proverbs chapter 17 · verse 25 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

Context

v.24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

v.25This passage

v.26Also to punish the righteous is not good, Norto smite the noble fortheiruprightness.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 13:1

    And 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.

  • Proverbs 19:13

    A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

  • Proverbs 10:1

    The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:18

    And 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.

  • Proverbs 15:20

    A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.