Proverbs 23:24
Righteous children will cause their parents to be very happy; those whose children are wise are proud of them.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
25Do what will cause your father to be glad and enable your mother also to be happy.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:48Then he said, ‘I praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, because he has allowed one of my sons to become the king today, and has permitted me to see it happen.’”
1 Kings 2:9But now you must [LIT] surely punish him. You are a wise man, so you will know what you should do to him. He is an old man [MTY], but be sure that he loses/sheds a lot of blood when you kill him [MTY].”
Proverbs 15:20Children who are wise cause their parents to be happy; it is foolish children who despise their parents.
Proverbs 27:11My child/son, cause me to be happy by becoming wise, in order that I will know how to reply to those who would criticize me about your behavior.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And ◄who/no one► knows [RHQ] whether he will be wise or whether he will be foolish. But even if he is foolish, he will acquire all the things that I worked very hard and wisely to get.
Philemon 1:20◄Yes/I say it again►, my dear friend, because you and I both have a relationship with the Lord, I want you to do this for me. Encourage me [SYN] by receiving Onesimus kindly, just like you encourage others who believe 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 →