Proverbs 17:21
A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.


Treasury of Scripture
He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.

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Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.



Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.



Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

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Proverbs 23:15,16
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine…



2 Corinthians 2:3
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.



3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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