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Proverbs 17:21
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Proverbs 17:21
21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
21*He that begetteth a foole, doth it to his sorrow: and the father of a foole hath no ioy.
- Cha. 10.1.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 17:21
Begets or brings forth offspring; procreates.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 1890 (occurrence-specific) · KJV usage
A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding; as a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Grief, mental pain, distress, or mourning; also to grieve.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Gladness, delight, or rejoicing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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Open the full verse study1THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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Open the full verse study13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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Open the full verse study32And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
33And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
34And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
35And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
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Open the full verse study34¶ And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
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Open the full verse study20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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Open the full verse study25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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Open the full verse study15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
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Open the full verse study3And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
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Open the full verse study33¶ And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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Open the full verse study4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
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Open the full verse study19I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
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Open the full verse study3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
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