Proverbs 23:24
The father of the just exults in gladness; he who has conceived the wise will rejoice in him.
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In The King James Version
In Context
23Purchase truth, and do not sell wisdom, or doctrine, or understanding.
25Let your father and your mother be joyful, and may she who conceived you exult.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:48And he said: ‘Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who today has bestowed someone to sit upon my throne, while my eyes may see it.’”
1 Kings 2:9yet do not choose to treat him as if he were innocent. Since you are a wise man, you will know what to do with him. And you shall lead away his grey hair to death with blood.”
Proverbs 15:20A wise son gladdens the father. But the foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 27:11My son, study wisdom, and rejoice my heart, so that you may be able to respond to the one who reproaches.
Ecclesiastes 2:19though I know not whether he will be wise or foolish. And yet he will have power over my labors, in which I have toiled and been anxious. And is there anything else so empty?
Philemon 1:20So it is, brother. May I delight with you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:20-29
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25… Read the whole commentary →