Proverbs 27:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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.

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.

Proverbs 29:3

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

Proverbs 15:20

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

Psalm 2:10

Now therefore be wise, 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 seeth the evil, and hideth himself: But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.