Bible Verses Like Proverbs 17:21

“He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.”

 

Bible verses related to Proverbs 17:21 (similar cross-references)


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

Proverbs 19:13 - A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.   (Verses like Proverbs 19:13)

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

Genesis 26:34 - 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:   (Verses like Genesis 26:34)

1 Samuel 2:32-35 - 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.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.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.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.   (Verses like 1 Samuel 2:32)

Proverbs 15:20 - A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.   (Verses like Proverbs 15:20)

Proverbs 23:15-16 - My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.   (Verses like Proverbs 23:15)

1 Samuel 8:3 - And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.   (Verses like 1 Samuel 8:3)

2 Samuel 18:33 - 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!   (Verses like 2 Samuel 18:33)

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.   (Verses like 2 Corinthians 2:3)

Philemon 1:19-20 - 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.Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.   (Verses like Philemon 1:19)

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