Proverbs 17:21

Proverbs Of Solomon

²⁰ He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.
²¹ He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.
²² A joyful heart is good medicine,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

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Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father
And bitterness to her who bore him.

Genesis 26:34

When Esau was forty years old he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;

1 Samuel 2:32-35

You will see the distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that I do for Israel; and an old man will not be in your house forever.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 23:15-16

My son, if your heart is wise,
My own heart also will be glad;

1 Samuel 8:3

His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice.

2 Samuel 18:33

The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And thus he said as he walked, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Corinthians 2:3

This is the very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all.

3 John 1:4

I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.