THEOSISProverbs 17:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.
יֹלֵ֣ד כְּ֭סִיל לְת֣וּגָה ל֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח אֲבִ֣י נָבָֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 10:1A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
- Prov 19:13A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.
- Prov 15:20A wise son maketh a father joyful: but the foolish man despiseth his mother.
- Gen 26:34And Esau being forty years old, married wives, Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hethite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon, of the same place.
- Prov 23:15My son, if thy mind be wise, my heart shall rejoice with thee:
- Prov 23:16And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips shall speak what is right.
- 1 Sam 2:32And 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 Sam 2:35And I will raise me up a faithful priest, who shall do according to my heart, and my soul and I will build him a faithful house, and he shall walk all days before my anointed.