Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
That
Bible References
That
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a wife is a never-ending dripping.
Genesis 26:34
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;
1 Samuel 2:32
And you shall see an adversary in My house, in all the good which he does with Israel. And there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
1 Samuel 8:3
And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after ill gain and took bribes and perverted judgment.
2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said this, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would God I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Hath
Proverbs 23:15
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
2 Corinthians 2:3
And I wrote this to you, lest when I came I should have sorrow from the ones of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Philemon 1:19
I, Paul, wrote it with my own hand; I will repay, that I do not say to you that you owe even yourself to me also.
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than these things, to hear that my children walk in the truth.