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Proverbs 17:25

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

KJV

Ira patris filius stultus, et dolor matris quæ genuit eum.

Vulgate

ὀργὴ πατρί ἐστιν υἱὸς ἄφρων, καὶ ὀδύνη τῇ τεκούσῃ αὐτοῦ.

LXX

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

ASV

כַּ֣עַס לְ֭/אָבִי/ו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וּ֝/מֶ֗מֶר לְ/יוֹלַדְתּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
כַּ֣עַס
k's
noun · 25×
מֶ֗מֶר
mmr
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 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.
  • 2Sam 18:33 — And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my so
  • Prov 10:1 — The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 10:1 — The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 17:21 — He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
  • Prov 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
  • Prov 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
  • Prov 19:26 — He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
  • Prov 23:25 — Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
  • Prov 29:15 — The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.