Proverbs 23:15
My sonne if thy heart receaue wysdome, my heart also shall reioyce:
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
In Context
14If thou smyte hym with the rodde, thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell.
16Yea my raynes shalbe very glad, if thy lippes speake the thing that is right.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:10My sonne, if sinners doe intise thee, consent thou not.
Proverbs 4:1Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne grandstanding.
Proverbs 15:20A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother.
Proverbs 23:25[Do so that] thy father and mother may be glad of thee, and that she that bare thee may reioyce.
Matthew 9:2And beholde, they brought to him a man, sicke of the paulsie, lying in a bedde. And when Iesus sawe the fayth of them, he sayde vnto the sicke of the paulsie: Sonne, be of good cheare, thy sinnes be forgeuen thee.
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 →