Proverbs 27:11 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹¹ Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.

Proverbs 27:11 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 119:42

then shall I have an answer for those who taunt me, for I trust in thy word.

Psalm 2:10

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.

Proverbs 10:1

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

Proverbs 15:20

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

Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly.

Proverbs 27:12

A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

Proverbs 29:3

He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but one who keeps company with harlots squanders his substance.

Philemon 1:7

For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.

2 John 1:4

I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.