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Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish child is a grief[a] to his father,
and bitterness to the mother who bore him.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 17:25 sn The Hebrew noun means “vexation, anger, grief.”
  2. Proverbs 17:25 tn Heb “to the one who bore him.” Because the participle is feminine singular in Hebrew, this has been translated as “the mother who bore him.”sn The proverb is similar to v. 21, 10:1, and 15:20.
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Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son brings grief to his father
    and bitterness to the mother who bore him.(A)

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Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish child makes his father sad
    and his mother sorry.

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