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

Proverbs 17:25

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In other translations

Louis Segond 1910Un fils insensé fait le chagrin de son père, Et l'amertume de celle qui l'a enfanté.
Martin 1744L'enfant insensé est l'ennui de son père, et l'amertume de celle qui l'a enfanté.
Bishops BibleAn vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.

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