Proverbs 17:21 · KJV
“He that begetteth a fool {doeth it} to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.”
— Proverbs 17:21
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. {He that hath a froward...: Heb. The froward of heart}
A merry heart doeth good {like} a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. {like: or, to}
Proverbs 17 — Context
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: {and} he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. {He that hath a froward...: Heb. The froward of heart}
21He that begetteth a fool {doeth it} to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
22A merry heart doeth good {like} a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. {like: or, to}
23A wicked {man} taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.
Proverbs 23:15-16
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. {even...: or, even I will rejoice}
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. {an enemy...: or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel}
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son {is} a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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:
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.