Pro 10:1, 17:21, 25 | ESV | STEP | The proverbs of Solomon . A wise son makes a glad father , but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother .

e[See ver. 21 above]

Proverbs 10:1

1 ^aThe proverbs of Solomon.

^bA wise son makes a glad father,
^cbut a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

21 He who ^dsires a fool gets himself sorrow,
and the father of a fool has no joy.

25 ^eA foolish son is a grief to his father
^fand bitterness to ^gher who bore him.