Proverbs 27:11

A Conservative Version

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

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The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

So I shall have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in thy word.

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

For we have much joy and encouragement in thy love, because the bowels of the sanctified have been refreshed by thee, brother.

He who loves wisdom delights his father, but he who keeps company with harlots wastes [his] substance.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

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

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can render a reason.

A prudent man sees the evil, [and] hides himself. The simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.