Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Proverbs 17:21 . Here is added a reference to the sorrow which the folly of a child brings especially to the mother.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family ( Proverbs 17:2 ), the practice of bribes ( Proverbs 1...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. A foolish son (is) a grief to his father, and bitterness to her...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice ( Proverbs 7:14 ) if it was accompanie...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the ma...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hat...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 17:3 . Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dro...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he tha...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. Ver. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his father. ] See Trapp on...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A foolish son , &c. This was said before, Proverbs 15:20 , and elsewhere; but he here repeats it, as a point of great moment and constant use,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. Observe, 1. Wicked children are an affliction to b...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This he said before, Proverbs 15:20 , and elsewhere; but he here repeats it as a point of great moment and constant use, and as a powerful motive...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 17:1 . Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. See Proverbs 15:17 . Proverbs 17:3 . The fining pot is for silver, and the fu...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his father, causing him sorrow and mourning, and bitterness to her that bare him, by the vexation which he cau...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 13:1-22 ; Ecclesiastes 2:18 ; Ecclesiastes 2:19 ; Proverbs 10:1 ; Proverbs 15:20 ; Proverbs 19:13

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 17:25