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 that bare him; a cause of bitterness of soul to his mother, more distressing than the bitter pains with which she brought him forth into the world.
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Proverbs 17:25
Proverbs 17:25
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