Proverbs 23:15
My son, if your heart is wise, 2 then my heart will be glad, even mine: 1
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In The King James Version
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
In Context
14Punish him with the rod, 2 and save his soul from Sheol ·Place of the dead·. 1
16yes, my heart will rejoice, 2 when your lips speak what is right. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 1:10My son, if people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal· entice you, don’t consent. 1
Proverbs 4:1Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, sons, to a father’s instruction. 2 Pay attention and know understanding; 1
Proverbs 15:20A wise son makes a father glad, 2 but a foolish man despises his mother. 1
Proverbs 23:25Let your father and your mother be glad! 2 Let her who bore you rejoice! 1
Matthew 9:2+ 9:2 (2-8) MP: Messiah serves the poor and needy who cannot repay in kind. This could reference a literal or spiritual condition or both. (Ps 72:12-13) Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Yeshua [Salvation], seeing their trusting faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your abstract sins ·miss the marks· are forgiven you.”
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 →