A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy. Cross References Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother. Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. Treasury of Scripture He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy. that Proverbs 17:25 Proverbs 10:1 Proverbs 15:20 hath Proverbs 23:15,16 2 Corinthians 2:3 3 John 1:4 |