Proverbs 23:24
Children who do right make their fathers very happy; a wise son brings joy to his father.
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23Invest in truth—and don't sell it! Invest in wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
25Make your father and mother happy; bring joy to her who gave birth to you.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:48and said, ‘Praise the Lord, the God of Israel! Today he has provided a successor to sit on my throne, and I have been privileged to see it.’”
1 Kings 2:9So don't leave him unpunished. You're a wise man and you know what you have to do to him—send him down into the grave with blood on his gray head.”
Proverbs 15:20A wise son makes his father happy, but a stupid man despises his mother.
Proverbs 27:11My son, make me happy by being wise, so I can respond to anyone who criticizes me.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will rule over everything I accomplished through my wisdom here on earth. This is just so frustrating, so hard to understand!
Philemon 1:20Yes, brother, I'm expecting this favor from you in the Lord; please make me happy 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 →