Bible in Basic English
"A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth."
— Proverbs 17:25, Bible in Basic English
“A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.”
“A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him. ”
“A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.”
“A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.”
“A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.”
“A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.”
A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.
Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.
He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.
Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.