[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":10},["ShallowReactive",2],{"post-son-be-wise":3},{"documentId":4,"title":5,"slug":6,"text":7,"publishedAt":8,"createdAt":8,"updatedAt":9},"319d5d39-4f2c-48c3-8e79-47544c43bb61","Son, be wise!","son-be-wise","\u003Cp>Son, be wise!\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Proverbs 17:25 \u003Cbr>NIV\u003Cbr>A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>In forty-one (41) verses, the Proverbs writer addresses the griefs and joys a son brings to his father. One such verse is what you’ve read.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>That a foolish son brings grief to his father is a truth that only fathers can confirm through experience. If you are not a father you’ll only read this but not understand it.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>But how can a son become foolish, was he born so? No one is born foolish, or wise these we learn from others ; and also from our own dispositions.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Friends can influence you but if you are yourself and know what you are about in life there is no way their influence will affect you.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>A key factor that makes people foolish is laziness, inability to think for oneself. Lack of self-discipline and self-control.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Dependence on others to do things for you when you can do them by yourself. The thinking, feeling, and thought that someone owes you a living.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Laziness truly produces a fool. In case you are in doubt here are areas where foolishness exhibits itself.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Physical laziness, spiritual laziness, intellectual laziness, moral laziness, economic /vocational laziness! Add more!!! \u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>A son with these tendencies brings grief to his father and bitterness ( regret) to his mother.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>A thought to share\u003C/p>","2026-07-24T10:32:05.406Z","2026-07-24T12:06:49.777Z",1784988806736]