Proverbs 17:21

New Century Version

It is sad to have a foolish child; there is no joy in being the parent of a fool.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:1

These are the wise words of Solomon: Wise children make their father happy, but foolish children make their mother sad.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish child brings disaster to a father, and a quarreling wife is like dripping water.

Proverbs 17:25

Foolish children make their father sad and cause their mother great sorrow.

Proverbs 15:20

Wise children make their father happy, but foolish children disrespect their mother.

Genesis 26:34

When Esau was forty years old, he married two Hittite women—Judith daughter of Beeri and Basemath daughter of Elon.

3 John 1:4

Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that my children are following the way of truth.

2 Corinthians 2:3

I wrote you a letter for this reason: that when I came to you I would not be made sad by the people who should make me happy. I felt sure of all of you, that you would share my joy.

2 Samuel 18:33

Then the king was very upset, and he went to the room over the city gate and cried. As he went, he cried out, “My son Absalom, my son Absalom! I wish I had died and not you. Absalom, my son, my son!”

1 Samuel 8:3

But Samuel’s sons did not live as he did. They tried to get money dishonestly, and they accepted money secretly to make wrong judgments.