Proverbs 23:15
My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
In Context
14Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
16And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.
Proverbs 4:1Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
Proverbs 15:20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
Proverbs 23:25Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
Jeremiah 32:41And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.
Matthew 9:2And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:13-17
Parental Duties. 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Here is, 1. A parent instructing his child. He is here brought in persuading him to give his mind to his book,… Read the whole commentary →