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Proverbs 17:25 - Foolish

Proverbs 17:25 - A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
A foolish	H3684	כְּסִיל	[Noun Masculine] properly {fat} that {is} (figuratively) stupid or silly
son	H1121	בֵּן	[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.)
is a grief	H3708	כַּעַס	[Noun Masculine] vexation
to his father	H1	אָב	[Noun Masculine] father in a literal and {immediate} or figurative and remote application
and bitterness	H4470	מֶמֶר	[Noun Masculine] sorrow
to her that bare him

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.