25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:25
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 25
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A foolishכְּסִ֑ילH3684Noun - masculine singularsonבֵּ֣ןH1121Noun - masculine singularbrings griefכַּ֣עַסH3708Noun - masculine singularto his fatherלְ֭אָבִיוH1Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularand bitternessוּ֝מֶ֗מֶרH4470Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularto her who bore himלְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ׃H3205Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular