Cross references
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son brings grief to his father
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 17:25 has 5 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 10:1 (5 votes) and 2 Samuel 13:1–22 (3 votes). 9 other verses point back to it. It links with 3 other books, from 2 Samuel 13 to 2 Corinthians 2.
Which verses does Proverbs 17:25 point to?
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- Proverbs 10:15 votes
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
- 2 Samuel 13:1–223 votes
After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom. Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her. …
- Proverbs 15:203 votes
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
- Proverbs 19:133 votes
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
- Ecclesiastes 2:18–192 votes
I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
Which verses point to Proverbs 17:25?
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