Proverbs 23:24
The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
23Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
25let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:48And also thus said the king: Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
1 Kings 2:9And now hold him not guiltless; for thou art a wise man, and thou shalt know what thou oughtest to do to him; but bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 27:11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Philemon 1:20Yea, brother, *I* would have profit of *thee* in [the] Lord: refresh my bowels 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 →