Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
Compare Pro 17:21. Here is added a reference to the sorrow which the folly of a child brings especially to the mother.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
This he said before, Pro 15:20, and elsewhere; but he here repeats it as a point of great moment and constant use, and as a powerful motive to oblige both children to carry themselves wisely and dutifully to their parents, as they would not be thought to be unnatural or inhuman, and parents to educate their children prudently and religiously, at least for their own comfort, if not for the public good.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
25. a griefor cross, vexation(compare Pro 17:21; Pro 10:1).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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. Jarchi, by the father, understands the blessed God; and by her that bare him, the congregation of Israel; to whom Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, was bitterness, who caused Israel to sin; see Pr 10:1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The series of proverbs, v. 25-18:2, begins and closes in the same way as the preceding, and only Pro 17:26 stands by itself without apparent connection.
This verse begins connecting itself with Pro 17:21:
A grief to his father is a foolish son,
And a bitter woe for her that bare him.
The . . is formed from (to be bitter, properly harsh), as from . The Syr. and Targ. change the subst. into participles; some codd. also have (after the forms , , , ), but as may be expected in 25a, . The dat. obj. instead of the accus. may be possible; the verse immediately following furnishes a sufficient example of this.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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.
Fuente: Matthew Henry’s Whole Bible Commentary
Disappointing Children
Verse 25- See comment on Pro 17:21.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
25. Foolish son Comp, Pro 17:21; Pro 10:1.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
v. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his father,
Fuente: The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
Pro 17:25 A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Ver. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his father. ] See Trapp on “ Pro 10:1 “ See Trapp on “ Pro 15:20 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Pro 17:25
Pro 17:25
“A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.”
This is another truism in slightly different words from several in the same vein that we have found in Proverbs.
Pro 17:25. Pro 17:21 spoke of the sorrow that a fool brings to his father. This verse speaks of the grief and bitterness he brings to both his parents. It is a tragedy when a son brings grief instead of joy to his father, and when he brings bitterness instead of satisfaction to his mother. But children must be reared and trained, not merely begotten and born. Similar passages: Pro 10:1; Pro 15:20; Pro 19:13.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
Pro 10:1, Pro 15:20, Pro 19:13, 2Sa 13:1-22, Ecc 2:18, Ecc 2:19
Reciprocal: 2Sa 18:33 – would God 2Sa 19:1 – General Pro 17:21 – that Pro 19:26 – wasteth Pro 23:25 – and she Pro 29:15 – a child 2Co 2:5 – any
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 17:25-26. A foolish son, &c. This was said before, Pro 15:20, and elsewhere; but he here repeats it, as a point of great moment and constant use, and as a powerful motive to oblige both children to conduct themselves wisely and dutifully toward their parents, as they would not be thought to be unnatural and inhuman, and parents to educate their children prudently and religiously, at least for their own comfort, if not for the public good. Also to punish, &c. The particle also, here, seems to have relation to the foregoing sentence, and to imply that, as it is a very evil thing for children to cause grief to their parents, so is it also to do what here follows. To punish the just is not good For parents, princes, or rulers, (to whom alone this power belongs,) to punish innocent and good men, is highly evil and abominable; nor to strike princes for equity Nor to smite magistrates, either with the hand or tongue, for the execution of justice, as condemned persons are apt to do. But some learned interpreters read this clause, Nor for princes to strike any man for equity, or for doing his duty, or what is just. The Hebrew will very well bear this reading, and it agrees better with the former clause than that which our translators have adopted. Besides that it belongs properly to princes, or magistrates, to punish or strike.