Proverbs 23:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 My child, if your heart is wise, my heart also will be glad. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My son, if thine heart be wise, My heart shall rejoice, even mine. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will be glad, even mine; American Standard Version (1901) My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine: Common English Bible My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart too will be happy. Catholic Public Domain Version My son, if your soul will become wise, my heart will be glad with you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My son, if thy mind be wise, my heart shall rejoice with thee: |
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.
A wise child makes a glad father, but the foolish despise their mothers.
My child, if you accept my words and treasure up my commandments within you,
Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.
A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad, but a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.
Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,
I will rejoice in doing good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing
And some people were carrying to him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, child; your sins are forgiven.”
But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.’ ”
I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
Jesus said to them, “Children, you have no fish, have you?” They answered him, “No.”
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,
I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.