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New American Standard Bible (©1995)
A foolish son is a grief to his father And bitterness to her who bore him.GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
A foolish son is a heartache to his father and bitter grief to his mother. King James Bible
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Bare Birth Bitter Bitterness Bore Foolish Grief Pain Provocation Vexation Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary Verse 25 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 bitterness to the mother, because they abuse her tenderness. The parents, being joint-sufferers, should therefore bring mutual comfort to bear them up under it, and strive to make it as easy as they can, the mother to mollify the father's anger, the father to alleviate the mother's grief. 2. That Solomon often repeats this remark, probably because it was his own case; however, it is a common case. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Alphabetical: A and bitterness bore brings father foolish grief her him his is one son the to who Bible Browser | 
