Proverbs 17:21
He that bring forths a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.
Updated King James 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 that has a perverse heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.
22A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.
Cross References
Genesis 26:34And 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:
1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after illegal gain, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
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 that bare him.
Proverbs 23:15My son, if yours heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Philemon 1:19I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: although it be I do not say to you how you owe unto me even yours own self besides.
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 →