Proverbs 17:25

A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is a partner with a destroyer.

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.

The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom.” All the people heard when the king commanded all the captains concerning Absalom.

Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the middle of the oak.

He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs numbered one thousand five.

The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,

They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at Abner’s grave; and all the people wept.

As soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept. The king also and all his servants wept bitterly.

The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”

His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, “Why have you done so?” and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.

You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.

All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, “Don’t weep. She isn’t dead, but sleeping.”

Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh

But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.