Proverbs 17:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

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  • Prov 10:1 : 1 ¶ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 19:13 : 13 ¶ A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
  • Prov 17:25 : 25 ¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 ¶ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
  • Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
  • Gen 26:34 : 34 ¶ And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
  • 1 Sam 2:32-35 : 32 And thou shalt see an enemy [in my] habitation, in all [the wealth] which [God] shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. 33 And the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. 34 And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, [that] shall do according to [that] which [is] in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
  • 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
  • 2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.
  • Phlm 1:19-20 : 19 I Paul have written [it] with mine own hand, I will repay [it]: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
  • 3 John 1:4 : 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

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    24¶ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.

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  • Prov 15:20-21
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    81%

    20¶ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

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  • Prov 23:24
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    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.

  • Prov 10:1
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    1¶ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29¶ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20¶ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 19:13
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    13¶ A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.

  • Prov 22:15
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  • Prov 19:3
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    3¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

  • Prov 19:26-27
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    75%

    26¶ He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

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  • Prov 18:2
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    2¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  • Prov 17:12
    74%

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  • Prov 29:20
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    20¶ Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 26:4-6
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    73%

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  • Prov 10:23
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    23¶ [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Prov 17:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5¶ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

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  • Prov 26:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

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  • Deut 21:18
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  • Prov 28:7
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  • Prov 19:10
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  • Eccl 4:13
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  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

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  • Prov 21:20
    72%

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  • Prov 17:2
    72%

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  • Prov 27:11
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  • Eccl 10:13
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  • Prov 12:15
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  • Prov 29:11
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  • Jer 17:11
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  • Prov 17:22
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  • Prov 20:21
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