25 A 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 foolish כְּסִ֑יל H3684 Noun - masculine singular son בֵּ֣ן H1121 Noun - masculine singular brings grief כַּ֣עַס H3708 Noun - masculine singular to his father לְ֭אָבִיו H1 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and bitterness וּ֝מֶ֗מֶר H4470 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular to her who bore him לְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ׃ H3205 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular