Proverbs 23:15
My son/child, if you [SYN] become wise, I [SYN] will be very happy.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
In Context
14and it may save them from going to the place where dead people are.
16I [SYN] will rejoice when I hear you [SYN] say what is right/wise.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners tempt/entice you to do what is wrong, say “No” to them.
Proverbs 4:1My children, listen to what I am teaching you. If you pay attention, you will understand what is wise.
Proverbs 15:20Children who are wise cause their parents to be happy; it is foolish children who despise their parents.
Proverbs 23:25Do what will cause your father to be glad and enable your mother also to be happy.
Jeremiah 32:41I will be happy to do good things for them, and I will surely enable them to return to this land and remain here [MET]; I will do that with all my inner being and all my strength.’
Matthew 9:2Some men brought to him a man who was paralyzed and who was lying on a sleeping pad. When Jesus perceived that they believed that he could heal the paralyzed man, he said to him, “Young man, be encouraged! I forgive your sins.”
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 →