Proverbs 23:24
The father of the righteous rejoices greatly, || The begetter of the wise rejoices in him.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
23Buy truth, and do not sell, || Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,
25Your father and your mother rejoice, || Indeed, she bearing you is joyful.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:48and also thus the king has said, Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, who has given [one] sitting on my throne today, and my eyes are seeing.”
1 Kings 2:9and now, do not acquit him, for you [are] a wise man, and you have known that which you do to him, and have brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.”
Proverbs 15:20A wise son makes a father glad. And a foolish man is despising his mother.
Proverbs 27:11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, || And I return a word [to] my reproacher.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knows whether he is wise or foolish? Yet he rules over all my labor that I have labored at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! This [is] also vanity.
Philemon 1:20Yes, brother, may I have profit of you in the LORD; refresh my yearnings in the LORD;
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 →