Proverbs 23:24
The father of the righteous person will greatly rejoice, 1 and he who begets a wise child will be glad in him. 1
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23Buy the truth, but do not sell it; 1 buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. 1
25Let your father and your mother be glad 1 and let her who bore you rejoice. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 1:48The king also said, 'Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given a person to sit on my throne this day, and that my own eyes should see it.'”
1 Kings 2:9Now therefore do not let him go free from punishment. You are a wise man, and you will know what you ought to do to him. You will bring his gray head down to the grave with blood.”
Proverbs 15:20A wise son brings joy to his father, 1 but a foolish person despises his mother. 1
Proverbs 27:11Be wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice; 1 then I will give back an answer to the one who mocks me. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:19For who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over everything under the sun that my work and wisdom have built. This also is vapor.
Philemon 1:20Yes, brother, do me a favor 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 →