Proverbs 23:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him. 25 May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.
  • Prov 29:3 : 3 The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
  • 2 John 1:4 : 4 I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
  • 3 John 1:3-4 : 3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.
  • Prov 1:10 : 10 Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!
  • Prov 2:1 : 1 Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself,
  • Prov 4:1 : 1 Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.
  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The First Collection of Solomonic Proverbs The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.
  • Jer 32:41 : 41 I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them firmly in the land.’
  • Zeph 3:17 : 17 The LORD your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you.”
  • Matt 9:2 : 2 Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.”
  • Luke 15:23-24 : 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate, 24 because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again– he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
  • Luke 15:32 : 32 It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”
  • John 15:11 : 11 I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.
  • John 21:5 : 5 So Jesus said to them,“Children, you don’t have any fish, do you?” They replied,“No.”
  • 1 Thess 2:19-20 : 19 For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you? 20 For you are our glory and joy!
  • 1 Thess 3:8-9 : 8 For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord. 9 For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God?
  • 1 John 2:1 : 1 (My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:11
    84%

    11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.

  • Prov 23:16
    84%

    16my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

  • Prov 23:24-26
    3 verses
    82%

    24The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

    25May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.

    26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

  • Prov 23:19
    79%

    19Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

  • Prov 29:17
    79%

    17Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Prov 10:1
    77%

    1The First Collection of Solomonic Proverbs The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself,

    2by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,

  • Prov 5:1
    75%

    1Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,

  • Prov 23:12-14
    3 verses
    74%

    12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.

    13Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

    14If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.

  • Prov 19:18
    74%

    18Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

  • Prov 22:15
    74%

    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

  • Prov 29:15
    74%

    15A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.

  • Prov 3:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke.

    12For the LORD disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

    13Blessings of Obtaining Wisdom Blessed is the one who has found wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.

  • Prov 17:25
    73%

    25A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 3:1
    73%

    1Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

  • Prov 8:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.

    32“So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Prov 4:10
    73%

    10Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 16:23
    73%

    23A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.

  • Prov 13:24
    73%

    24The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.

  • Prov 4:3
    72%

    3When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

  • Prov 1:8
    72%

    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

  • Gen 27:8
    72%

    8Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!

  • Prov 4:20
    72%

    20My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

  • Prov 15:13
    72%

    13A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.

  • Prov 13:1
    72%

    1A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer has never listened to rebuke.

  • Prov 2:10
    72%

    10For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.

  • Prov 15:30
    72%

    30A bright look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the body.

  • Prov 22:6
    71%

    6Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

  • Prov 22:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17The Sayings of the Wise Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my instruction.

    18For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

  • Prov 17:21
    71%

    21Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 7:1
    71%

    1Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself.

  • Prov 17:2
    71%

    2A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.

  • Prov 24:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

    14Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Ps 73:15
    71%

    15If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.

  • Ps 49:3
    70%

    3I will declare a wise saying; I will share my profound thoughts.

  • Prov 29:3
    70%

    3The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

  • Prov 15:23
    70%

    23A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time– how good it is!

  • Prov 12:15
    70%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.