Proverbs 17:21
A fool is borun in his schenschipe; but nether the fadir schal be glad in a fool.
Bible (Wycliffe)
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
22A ioiful soule makith likinge age; a sorewful spirit makith drie boonys.
Cross References
Genesis 26:34Esau forsothe fourti yeer eld weddide twei wyues, Judith, the douytir of Beeri Ethei, and Bethsamath, the douyter of Elon, of the same place;
Proverbs 10:1The parablis of Salomon. A wijs sone makith glad the fadir; but a fonned sone is the sorewe of his modir.
Proverbs 17:25A fonned sone is the ire of the fadir, and the sorewe of the modir that gendride hym.
Proverbs 23:15Mi sone, if thi soule is wijs, myn herte schal haue ioye with thee;
Philemon 1:19Y Poul wroot with myn hoond, Y schal yelde; that Y seie not to thee, that also thou owist to me thi silf.