A foolish son [is a cause of] anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him.

A wise son makes [his] father glad, but a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

A wise son gladdens his father, but a foolish son sneers at his mother.

A foolish son is a disgrace to his father; vows [paid out] of the hire of a harlot are not pure.

And Esau was forty years old; and he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.

And you shall not have an old man in My house forever.

And this which shall come upon your two sons Hophni and Phineas shall be a sign to you: in one day they shall both die.

And his sons did not walk in his ways, and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgments.

And the king was troubled, and went to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And thus he said as he went, My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! I [pray] God I had died for you, [even] I [had died] for you, Absalom, my son, my son!

Son, if your heart is wise, you shall also gladden my heart;

and your lips shall converse with my lips, if they are right.

And I wrote this very thing to you, lest when I came, I should have sorrow from those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is [the joy] of you all.

I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay--lest I say to you that even yourself you owe to me!

Yes, brother, may I have profit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.

I have no greater joy than these things, that I hear [that] my children are walking in truth.