Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
A foolish son is a grief to his father,.... Because of his folly and wickedness, and the ruin he is bringing himself to;
and bitterness to her that bare him; a cause of bitterness of soul to his…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Compare Pro 17:21. Here is added a reference to the sorrow which the folly of a child brings especially to the mother.
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
Observe, 1. Wicked children are an affliction to both their parents. They are an occasion of anger to the father (so the word signifies), because they contemn his authority, but of sorrow and…
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