Proverbs 23:24
The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice; Yea, he who begetteth a wise child shall have joy in him.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23Buy the truth, and sell it not; Buy wisdom and instruction and understanding.
25Let thy father and thy mother have joy; Yea, let her that bore thee rejoice!
Cross References
Proverbs 15:20A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 27:11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may give an answer to him that reproacheth me.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? Yet shall he be lord of all the labor with which I have wearied myself, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Philemon 1:20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord; refresh my heart 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 →