Proverbs 27:11

King James Version - American Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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