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


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Proverbs 19 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 15 20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 19 26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Hosea 13 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
Proverbs 10 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 29 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 13 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 28 24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Proverbs 13 1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Deuteronomy 21 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Proverbs 17 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Micah 7 6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Proverbs 12 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 10 5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Mark 7 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
Proverbs 15 5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Ezekiel 16 44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Hebrews 5 8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
Job 39 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
Isaiah 45 10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Isaiah 22 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Deuteronomy 22 16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
Lamentations 1 2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
Proverbs 9 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
2 Samuel 14 6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
Deuteronomy 28 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
Proverbs 20 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Matthew 10 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Genesis 27 13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
Proverbs 19 18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 28 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Lamentations 4 10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Hosea 2 5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
Job 22 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Deuteronomy 28 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
Proverbs 14 35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
Judges 15 2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
1 Kings 17 20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
1 Samuel 1 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
Job 24 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Proverbs 23 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Job 14 21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
Ezekiel 22 7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Jeremiah 6 26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Genesis 3 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Genesis 44 27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
Proverbs 24 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Luke 2 48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Deuteronomy 21 15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
Proverbs 22 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.