Proverbs 27:11

World English Bible (2000)

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
  • Ps 119:42 : 42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
  • Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine: 16 yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.
  • Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him. 25 Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
  • Prov 29:3 : 3 Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
  • Eccl 2:18-21 : 18 I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. 19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity. 20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
  • Phlm 1:7 : 7 For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
  • Phlm 1:19-20 : 19 I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides). 20 Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.
  • 2 John 1:4 : 4 I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.
  • Ps 127:4-5 : 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. 5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. A Song of Ascents.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:15-16
    2 verses
    84%

    15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:

    16yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

    21Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Prov 10:1
    78%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

  • Prov 23:19
    77%

    19Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

  • Prov 23:24-26
    3 verses
    76%

    24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

    25Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

    26My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

  • Prov 29:17
    76%

    17Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

  • Prov 17:25
    75%

    25A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 3:11-12
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    11My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

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  • Prov 13:1
    75%

    1A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 5:1
    75%

    1My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

  • Gen 27:8
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    8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.

  • Prov 4:10
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    10Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 1:8
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    8My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 4:3
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    3For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

  • Prov 27:10
    73%

    10Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

  • Prov 23:22
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    22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 19:25-27
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    25Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

    26He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

    27If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 28:7
    73%

    7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

  • Prov 17:2
    73%

    2A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

  • Prov 19:18
    72%

    18Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.

  • Prov 17:5-6
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    5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

    6Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

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    72%

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  • Prov 4:20
    72%

    20My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

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    20My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.

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    1My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you;

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    72%

    21My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

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    71%

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    71%

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  • Prov 7:1
    71%

    1My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

  • Prov 3:1
    71%

    1My son, don't forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:

  • Prov 1:15
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  • Prov 6:3
    71%

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    71%

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    71%

    31The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

  • Eccl 11:9
    71%

    9Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

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    12and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

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    71%

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    71%

    1Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;