Proverbs 27:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:1 : 1 ¶ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
  • Ps 119:42 : 42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
  • Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
  • Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him. 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
  • Prov 29:3 : 3 ¶ Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance.
  • Eccl 2:18-21 : 18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity. 20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
  • Phlm 1:7 : 7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
  • Phlm 1:19-20 : 19 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. 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
  • 2 John 1:4 : 4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
  • Ps 127:4-5 : 4 As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth. 5 Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 ¶ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

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