Proverbs 27:11

Mi sone, studie thou a boute wisdom, and make thou glad myn herte; that thou maist answere a word to a dispisere.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

In Context

10Forsake thou not thi frend, and the frend of thi fadir; and entre thou not in to the hous of thi brothir, in the dai of thi turment. Betere is a neiybore nyy, than a brothir afer.

12A fel man seynge yuel was hid; litle men of wit passinge forth suffriden harmes.

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Cross References

Proverbs 10:1The parablis of Salomon. A wijs sone makith glad the fadir; but a fonned sone is the sorewe of his modir.

Proverbs 23:15Mi sone, if thi soule is wijs, myn herte schal haue ioye with thee;

Proverbs 23:25Thi fadir and thi modir haue ioye, and he that gendride thee, make ful out ioye.

Ecclesiastes 2:18Eft Y curside al my bisynesse, bi which Y trauelide moost studiousli vndur sunne, and Y schal haue an eir after me,

Philemon 1:19Y Poul wroot with myn hoond, Y schal yelde; that Y seie not to thee, that also thou owist to me thi silf.

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