Proverbs 27:11

American King James Version (1999)

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that 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 shall I have with which to answer him that reproaches me: for I trust in your word.

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

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

Whoever loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots spends his substance.

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

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

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

A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.