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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

20He that is of weiward herte, schal not fynde good; and he that turneth the tunge, schal falle in to yuel.

22A ioiful soule makith likinge age; a sorewful spirit makith drie boonys.

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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.

This Verse In Other Editions

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