Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 17:21 in English Standard Version "He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy." Pr 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. Pr 19:13 A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.