The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.

A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name {was} Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. {taken: Heb. laboured}

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left {to himself} bringeth his mother to shame.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.

He that begetteth a fool {doeth it} to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

He that wasteth {his} father, {and} chaseth away {his} mother, {is} a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.