Proverbs 17:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 17:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family ( Proverbs 17:2 ), the practice of bribes ( Proverbs 17:8 ; Proverbs 17:23 ), the value of adversity as...
Proverbs 17:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fool. Hebrew. nabal, as in Proverbs 17:1 .
Proverbs 17:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 17:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. He that begetteth a fool (doeth it) to his sorrow - findeth afterward that what he had regarded as a joy...
Proverbs 17:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice ( Proverbs 7:14 ) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only...
Proverbs 17:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He that begetteth a fool ( khesîl ) . — See above, on Proverbs 1:32 . The father of a fool ( nâbhâl ) . — See above, on Proverbs 17:7 .
Proverbs 17:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than t...
Proverbs 17:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 17:3 . Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire...
Proverbs 17:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. He that h...
Proverbs 17:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He that begetteth a fool [doth it] to his sorrow ,.... As it proves in the issue; though it was joy to him when a man child was born, and took delight in him while in infancy and childhood, and prom...
Proverbs 17:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. Ver. 21. He that begetteth a fool, doeth it to his sorrow. ] Solomon might speak this by experience, and wi...
Proverbs 17:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. This expresses that very emphatically which many wise and good men feel very sensibly, wha...
Proverbs 17:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A fool; not a natural, but a wilful fool, or a wicked son. The father; and consequently the mother also. Hath no joy, which parents usually have in the birth of a child, and especially of a son...
Proverbs 17:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ways Of The Fool ( Proverbs 17:16-23 ). The main emphasis in this subsection is on the ways of the fool ( Proverbs 17:16 ; Proverbs 17:21 ), the man void of mind (heart) ( Proverbs 17:16 ; P...
Proverbs 17:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 17:1 . Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. See Proverbs 15:17 . Proverbs 17:3 . The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace (or crucible) for gold. Silver ores in Me...
Proverbs 17:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. Dry bread was soaked in wine or water be...
Proverbs 17:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 21. He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow, he is most unfortunate to have a fool for his son; and the father of a fool hath no joy. Proverbs 10:1 ; Proverbs 18:13 .
Proverbs 17:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:32-35 ; 1 Samuel 8:3 ; 2 Corinthians 2:3 ; 2 Samuel 18:33 ; 3 John 1:4 ; Genesis 26:34 ; Philemon 1:19 ; Philemon 1:20 ; Proverbs 23:15 ; Proverbs 23:16 ; Proverbs 10:1 ; Prove...

Proverbs 17:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 17:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 17:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 17:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 17:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 17:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 17:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 17:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 17:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 17:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 17:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 17:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 17:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 17:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 17:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge