Proverbs 27:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:1 : 1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
  • Ps 119:42 : 42 So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.
  • Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart; 16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
  • Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him. 25 Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
  • Prov 29:3 : 3 A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.
  • Eccl 2:18-21 : 18 Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits. 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. 20 So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun. 21 Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.
  • Phlm 1:7 : 7 For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.
  • Phlm 1:19-20 : 19 I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life. 20 So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.
  • 2 John 1:4 : 4 It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.
  • Ps 127:4-5 : 4 Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young. 5 Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:15-16
    2 verses
    84%

    15My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

    16And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

    21Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Prov 10:1
    78%

    1A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

  • Prov 23:19
    77%

    19Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Prov 23:24-26
    3 verses
    76%

    24The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

    25Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.

    26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

  • Prov 29:17
    76%

    17Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Prov 17:25
    75%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

    12For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

  • Prov 13:1
    75%

    1A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Prov 5:1
    75%

    1My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

  • Gen 27:8
    74%

    8Now, my son, do what I say.

  • Prov 4:10
    74%

    10Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

  • Prov 1:8
    74%

    8My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Prov 4:3
    73%

    3For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.

  • Prov 27:12
    73%

    12The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

  • Prov 27:10
    73%

    10Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

  • Prov 23:22
    73%

    22Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 19:25-27
    3 verses
    73%

    25When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

    26He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

    27A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 28:7
    73%

    7He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.

  • Prov 17:2
    73%

    2A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.

  • Prov 19:18
    72%

    18Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

  • Prov 17:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

    6Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Ps 119:42
    72%

    42So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.

  • Prov 17:21
    72%

    21He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Prov 8:32
    72%

    32Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

  • Prov 4:20
    72%

    20My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

  • Prov 6:20
    72%

    20My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 2:1
    72%

    1My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

  • Prov 3:21
    72%

    21My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

  • Prov 26:5
    71%

    5Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

  • Eccl 4:13
    71%

    13A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

  • Prov 7:1
    71%

    1My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

  • Prov 3:1
    71%

    1My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

  • Prov 1:15
    71%

    15My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 6:3
    71%

    3Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

  • Job 20:3
    71%

    3I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.

  • Prov 15:31
    71%

    31The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

  • Eccl 11:9
    71%

    9Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

  • Prov 5:12
    71%

    12And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

  • Ps 55:12
    71%

    12For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

  • Prov 4:1
    71%

    1Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge: