He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

And 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.

And thou shalt behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God'shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

And I wrote this very thing, 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.

Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

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He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

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A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
And 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.
And thou shalt behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God'shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Hath

My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:
And I wrote this very thing, 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.
I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.
Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

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