Proverbs 17:21

The Scriptures 2009

He who brings forth a fool has sorrow for it, And the father of a fool has no joy.

Cross References

Genesis 26:34

And when Ěsaw was forty years old, he took as wives Yehuḏith the daughter of Be’ĕri the Ḥittite, and Basemath the daughter of Ělon the Ḥittite.

2 Samuel 18:33

And the sovereign was shaken, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said this, “O my son Aḇshalom! My son, my son Aḇshalom, if only I had died instead of you! O Aḇshalom my son, my son!”

Proverbs 10:1

Proverbs of Shelomoh: A wise son makes a father rejoice, But a foolish son is his mother’s sorrow.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is a calamity to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

2 Corinthians 2:3

And I wrote to you as I did, so that having come, I might not have sadness over those from whom I should have joy, trusting in you all that my joy is that of you all.

3 John 1:4

I have no greater joy than to hear of my children walking in truth.

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not walk in his ways, and turned aside after own gain, and took bribes, and twisted right-ruling.