Verse 21

He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:1 : 1 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother.
  • Prov 19:13 : 13 An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping.
  • Prov 17:25 : 25 An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother.
  • Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My sonne if thy heart receaue wysdome, my heart also shall reioyce: 16 Yea my raynes shalbe very glad, if thy lippes speake the thing that is right.
  • Gen 26:34 : 34 Esau was fourtie yere olde, & he toke a wyfe called Iudith, the daughter of Beeri an Hethite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon, an Hethite also.
  • 1 Sam 2:32-35 : 32 And thou shalt see thine enemie in the habitation of the Lorde and in all the wealth which God shall geue Israel, and there shall not be an olde man in thyne house for euer. 33 Neuerthelesse, I wyll not destroy euery one that come of thee from mine aulter, to make thine eyes to fayle, and to make thine heart sorowfull: And all they that be multiplied in thine house, shall dye when they be men. 34 And this shalbe a signe vnto thee, that shal come vpon thy two sonnes Hophni and Phinehes: euen in one day they shall dye both. 35 And I wyll stirre me vp a faythfull priest, yt shall do according to my heart and minde, and I wil builde him a sure house, and he shall walke before mine annoynted for euer.
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke rewarde, and peruerted the ryght.
  • 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 And the king was moued, and went vp to the chamber ouer the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he sayde, O my sonne Absalom, my sonne, my sonne Absalom: woulde God I had died for thee, O Absalom my sonne, my sonne.
  • 2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I wrote this same vnto you, lest when I came, I shoulde take heauynesse of them of whom I ought to reioyce. This confidence haue I toward you all, that my ioy is the ioy of you all.
  • Phlm 1:19-20 : 19 I Paul haue written it with myne owne hande, I wyll recompence it: Albeit, I do not say to thee, howe that thou owest vnto me euen thyne owne selfe. 20 Yea brother, let me enioy this pleasure of thee in the Lorde: Comfort my bowels in the Lorde.
  • 3 John 1:4 : 4 I haue no greater ioy, the for to heare how that my sonnes walke in veritie.