Proverbs 17:21 states that begetting a fool brings sorrow and no joy — a direct parallel to the grief in 17:25.

Proverbs 10:1 also contrasts wise and foolish sons — reinforcing the grief a foolish son causes his parents.

Proverbs 15:20 says a foolish man despises his mother — another facet of the pain caused by a foolish son.

Proverbs 19:13 echoes the same 'foolish son as destruction to his father' — a parallel proverb on parental grief.

Proverbs 23:25 wishes for parents to be glad — the positive counterpart to the grief of a foolish son, contrasting the ideal.

Proverbs 29:15 says a child left to himself brings shame to his mother, paralleling the mother's bitterness from a foolish son.

Proverbs 19:26 describes a son who mistreats his parents, causing shame and reproach — a related form of foolishness that grieves them.

2 Samuel 18:33 shows David's heartbreaking lament over Absalom — a vivid illustration of a father's grief for a foolish son.

2 Samuel 19:1 reports David weeping for Absalom, continuing the same narrative of grief over a rebellious son.