Proverbs 23:15
My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
In Context
14Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
16My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 23:25May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Jeremiah 32:41Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
Matthew 9:2Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
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 →