Proverbs 27:11 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹¹ 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

¹¹ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ 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)

¹¹ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so I can answer those who insult me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ My son, study wisdom, and rejoice my heart, so that you may be able to respond to the one who reproaches.

Proverbs 27:11 Cross References

Proverbs 10:1

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

Psalm 119:42

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

2 John 1:4

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

Philemon 1:7

For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

Proverbs 29:3

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

Proverbs 15:20

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

Psalm 2:10

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

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 foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.