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Proverbs 17:21

He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

Verse in context — Proverbs 17

19

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

20

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

21

He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

22

A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

23

A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

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