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A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.(Proverbs 17:18)
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.(Proverbs 17:19)
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.(Proverbs 17:20)
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.(Proverbs 17:22)
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.(Proverbs 17:23)
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.(Proverbs 17:24)

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Proverbs 17:21 - Cross Reference

And 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. (1 Samuel 2:32)
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! (2 Samuel 18:33)
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. (1 Samuel 8:3)
And 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. (2 Corinthians 2:3)
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. (Proverbs 19:13)
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. (Proverbs 10:1)
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. (Proverbs 17:25)
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: (Genesis 26:34)
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. (3 John 1:4)
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. (Proverbs 15:20)
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. (Proverbs 23:15)
I 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. (Philemon 1:19)