Proverbs 17:21
He who begets a fool [it is] to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
In Context
20He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.
22A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Cross References
Genesis 26:34And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
1 Samuel 8:3And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 23:15My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart will be glad, even mine.
Philemon 1:19I Paul write with my hand, I will repay, so that I may not say to thee that thou owe me in return even thyself.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:21
Folly and Wickedness. 20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. Note, 1. Framing ill designs will be of no advantage to us; there is nothing got by them: He that has a froward heart, that sows discord and is full of resentment, cannot promise himself to get by it sufficient to counterbalance the loss of his repose and reputation, nor can he take any rational satisfaction in it; he finds no good. 2. Giving ill language will be a great disadvantage to… Read the whole commentary →