Wicked children despise the authority of their father, and the tenderness of their mother.
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Proverbs 17:25
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:1-28EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:21-28Varied experiences of good and evil in life We may divide them into the sorrowful, the joyous, and the mixed experiences. I. SAD EXPERIENCES. The sorrow of thankless children. (Proverbs 17:21, Proverbs 17:25.) To name i…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 17:25Observe, 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, b…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:25This verse is more or less a repetition of Proverbs 17:21; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; and comp. Proverbs 19:13. A grief (kaas). The Vulgate and Septuagint translate, "anger." A foolish son provokes the wrath of his…Joseph S. Exell and contributors