Proverbs 17:21
New King James Version
21 He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 10:1
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Wise Sayings of Solomon
10 The proverbs of (A)Solomon:
(B)A wise son makes a glad father,
But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 19:13
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13 (A)A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
(B)And the contentions of a wife are a continual [a]dripping.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:13 Irritation
Proverbs 23:15-16
New King James Version
15 My son, if your heart is wise,
My heart will rejoice—indeed, I myself;
16 Yes, my [a]inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak right things.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:16 Lit. kidneys
Proverbs 17:25
New King James Version
25 A (A)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 (A)A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.
1 Samuel 2:32-35
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32 And you will see an enemy in My dwelling place, despite all the good which God does for Israel. And there shall not be (A)an old man in your house forever. 33 But any of your men whom I do not cut off from My altar shall consume your eyes and grieve your heart. And all the descendants of your house shall die in the flower of their age. 34 Now this shall be (B)a sign to you that will come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: (C)in one day they shall die, both of them. 35 Then (D)I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. (E)I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before (F)My anointed forever.
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Genesis 26:34
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34 (A)When Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
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3 John 4
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4 I have no greater (A)joy than to hear that (B)my children walk in [a]truth.
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- 3 John 1:4 NU the truth
Philemon 19-20
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19 I, Paul, am writing with my own (A)hand. I will repay—not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides. 20 Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.
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2 Corinthians 2:3
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Forgive the Offender
3 And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, (A)I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, (B)having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.
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2 Samuel 18:33
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David’s Mourning for Absalom
33 Then the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said thus: (A)“O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, (B)my son!”
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1 Samuel 8:3
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3 But his sons (A)did not walk in his ways; they turned aside (B)after dishonest gain, (C)took bribes, and perverted justice.
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