Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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Bible References
That
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Genesis 26:34
And Esau was forty years old when he took for a wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
1 Samuel 2:32
And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.
1 Samuel 8:3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
2 Samuel 18:33
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! O that I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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Proverbs 23:15
My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
2 Corinthians 2:3
And I wrote this same to you, lest, coming I should have sorrow from them by whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Philemon 1:19
I Paul have written it with my own hand, I will repay it: although I do not say to thee that thou owest to me even thy own self besides.
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.