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Proverbs 17:21
21To have a foolish son makes parents sad. The father of a fool is never happy.
Proverbs 17:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
- New International Version (NIV)To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow, And the father of a fool has no joy.
Context of Proverbs 17:21
19Someone who loves to argue loves sin. Someone who boasts causes trouble for himself. 20Anyone who thinks about bad things will not do well in life. Anyone who deceives people with lies will have a lot of trouble. To have a foolish son makes parents sad. The father of a fool is never happy. 22If you are happy in life, you will be healthy. But if you are sad and upset, your body will be weak. 23Wicked judges secretly accept bribes. Then they are not fair when they judge.
Read all of Proverbs 17Proverbs 17:21 word by word
יֹלֵ֣ד כְּ֭סִיל לְת֣וּגָה ל֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח אֲבִ֣י נָבָֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 17:21
- Proverbs 17:25To have a foolish son makes his father sad. It makes his mother very upset.
- Proverbs 10:1These are the proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes his father happy. But a foolish child causes his mother to be sad.
- Proverbs 15:20A wise child makes his father happy. But a foolish person does not respect his mother.
- Proverbs 19:13A foolish child will destroy his father. A woman who quarrels with her husband is like rain that never stops.
- Genesis 26:34When Esau was 40 years old, he got married. He married Judith. She was the daughter of Beer the Hittite. He also married Basemath. She was the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
- 1 Samuel 2:32You will see how trouble comes to my home here. Good things will happen to the Israelite people, but there will never be an old man in your family.
- 1 Samuel 8:3But Samuel's sons did not live in a good way, as Samuel had done. They took money from people in ways that were not honest. They accepted bribes so that they did not judge in a fair way.
- 2 Samuel 18:33The king became very upset. He went upstairs to the room above the gate. He wept loudly. As he went, he cried, ‘My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! It would be better if I had died instead of you! Absalom, my son, my son!’
- Proverbs 23:1513. My child, if you become wise, I will be happy.
- 2 Corinthians 2:3That is why I did not visit you. I wrote that letter to you instead. You are the people who should make me happy. I did not want you to make me sad when I visited you. I felt sure about all of you. I knew that, if I was happy, then all of you would be happy too.
- 3 John 1:4I am happy when I hear that my children are living like that. When they obey God's true message, it makes me very happy.
Commentaries on Proverbs 17:21
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21Verse 21 This speaks very plainly what many wise and good men feel very strongly, how grievous it is to have a foolish, wicked child.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. (Compare Pr 23:24). Different words are rendered by "fool," both denoting stupidity and impiety.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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