Proverbs 23:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: And he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: And he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ The father of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) shall greatly rejoice, and he who becomes the father of a wise child shall have joy in him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

Common English Bible

²⁴ The father of the righteous will be very happy; the one who gives life to the wise will rejoice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ The father of the just exults in gladness; he who has conceived the wise will rejoice in him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ The father of the just rejoiceth greatly: he that hath begotten a wise son, shall have joy in him.

Proverbs 23:24 Cross References

1 Kings 1:48

And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.

1 Kings 2:9

Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to the grave with blood.

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 27:11

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

Proverbs 29:3

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

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

Philemon 1:20

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.

Philemon 1:9

yet for love's sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus: