Proverbs 17:21
He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
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Proverbs 17:21
He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
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Proverbs 10:1
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
Proverbs 23:24
The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
Proverbs 23:15
My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
Proverbs 23:16
And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
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Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
Proverbs 29:15
The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.
Proverbs 28:7
He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.
2 Samuel 18:33
Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Proverbs 19:26
He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.
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Psalms 119:28
My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word
Proverbs 14:13
Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.
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