Proverbs 27:11

Beni (my son), be chacham, and make my lev glad, 1 that I may answer my accusers. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10Thine own re'a (friend), 1 and the re'a avicha, forsake not; 1 neither go into thy brotherʼs bais in the yom of thy calamity; 1 for better is a shakhen (neighbor) that is near than a brother far off. 1

12A prudent man foreseeth ra'ah, and hideth himself; 1 but the naïve ones trudge on, and are punished. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 119:42So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; 1 for I trust in Thy Davar. 1

Proverbs 10:1The mishle (proverbs) of Sh'lomo. 1 A ben chacham maketh glad an av, 1 but a ben kesil is the grief of his em. 1

Proverbs 23:15Beni (my son), if thine lev be chacham, 1 my own lev shall have simchah. 1

Proverbs 23:25Avicha and immecha shall be glad, 1 and she that bore thee shall rejoice. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:18Yea, I hated all my amal for which I had toiled under the shemesh; because I must leave it unto the adam that shall occupy my place after me.

Philemon 1:19I, [Rav] Sha'ul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay. This is not to meorer (point out) the fact that on your cheshbon you owe me your very neshamah.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:10-11

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. 10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. Here is, 1. A charge given to be faithful and constant to our friends, our old friends, to keep up an intimacy with them, and to be ready to do them all the offices that lie in our power. It is good to have a friend, a bosom-friend,… Read the whole commentary →

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