Proverbs 27:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me [as having failed in my parental duty]. [Prov. 10:1; 23:15, 24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so I can answer those who insult me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

My son, study wisdom, and rejoice my heart, so that you may be able to respond to the one who reproaches.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.

Proverbs 27:11 Cross References

Psalm 119:42

So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.

Psalm 2:10

Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

Proverbs 27:12

A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself: But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Proverbs 29:3

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

Philemon 1:7

For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

2 John 1:4

I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.