Proverbs 17:21
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A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.

that

Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.

Proverbs 10:1 Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

Proverbs 15:20 A wise son maketh a father joyful: but the foolish man despiseth his mother.

Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.

Genesis 26:34 And Esau being forty years old, married wives, Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hethite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon, of the same place.

1 Samuel 2:32-35 And thou shalt see thy rival in the temple, in all the prosperity of 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 they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

2 Samuel 18:33 The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son Absalom, Absalom my son: would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom.

hath

Proverbs 23:15,16 My son, if thy mind be wise, my heart shall rejoice with thee: . . .

2 Corinthians 2:3 And I wrote this same to you: that I may not, when I come, have sorrow upon sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice: having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

3 John 1:4 I have no greater grace than this, to hear that my children walk in truth.

Context
Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness
20He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil. 21A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.22A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.…
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1
Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.

Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.

Lexicon
A man fathers
יֹלֵ֣ד (yō·lêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

a fool
כְּ֭סִיל (kə·sîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

to his own grief;
לְת֣וּגָה (lə·ṯū·ḡāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8424: Depression, a grief

the father
אֲבִ֣י (’ă·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

of a fool
נָבָֽל׃ (nā·ḇāl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5036: Foolish, senseless

has no
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

joy.
יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח (yiś·maḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8055: To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome


Additional Translations
A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.

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

and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.

He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow, and the father of a vile [man] hath no joy.

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

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

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.
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