Proverbs 17:25


A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father
And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon:

A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish [stubborn] son [who refuses to learn] is a grief to his mother.

Proverbs 19:13


A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].

2 Samuel 13:1-22

It happened afterwards that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon [her half brother] the son of David was in love with her.

Proverbs 15:20


A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.

Ecclesiastes 2:18-19

So I hated all the fruit (gain) of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will succeed me.

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