Proverbs 17:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

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  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
  • Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
  • Eccl 2:18-19 : 18 Yes, I hated all my labor that I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
  • 2 Sam 13:1-9 : 1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. 2 And Amnon was so troubled, that he became sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard to do anything to her. 3 But Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very cunning man. 4 And he said to him, Why are you, being the king's son, becoming thin from day to day? Will you not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. 5 And Jonadab said to him, Lie down on your bed, and pretend to be sick: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, Please let my sister Tamar come, and give me some food, and dress it in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand. 6 So Amnon lay down, and pretended to be sick; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand. 7 Then David sent to Tamar's house, saying, Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare him some food. 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house, and he was lying down. And she took flour, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes. 9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Send out all men from me. And every man went out from him. 10 And Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat from your hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. 11 And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, Come lie with me, my sister. 12 And she answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing should be done in Israel: do not commit this disgrace. 13 And as for me, where could I cause my shame to go? And as for you, you would be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you. 14 However, he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. 15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone. 16 And she said to him, There is no reason: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that you did to me. But he would not listen to her. 17 Then he called his servant who attended him, and said, Put this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. 18 And she had a garment of many colors upon her, for such robes were the king's daughters who were virgins clothed. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. 19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of many colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. 20 And Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon your brother been with you? But hold your peace now, my sister: he is your brother; do not consider this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house. 21 But when King David heard of all these things, he was very angry. 22 And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

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  • Prov 15:20-21
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  • Prov 19:13
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    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 22:15
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  • Prov 19:26-27
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  • Deut 21:18-19
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    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them,

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  • Hos 13:13
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    13The sorrows of a laboring woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 23:24-25
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  • Prov 29:17
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  • Prov 11:29
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    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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  • Eccl 4:13
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    13Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who will not be admonished anymore.

  • Prov 17:12
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    12Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.

  • Prov 19:18
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    18Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not spare for his crying.

  • Prov 17:2
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    2A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, and will share the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Prov 17:5-6
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  • Prov 14:17
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    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

  • Prov 28:7
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

    16A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.

  • Prov 27:3
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    3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's anger is heavier than both.

  • Prov 23:15
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    15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 1:8
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    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 14:7
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    7Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.

  • Job 5:3
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    3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 30:11
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  • Prov 23:22
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    22Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

  • Prov 26:9
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.