Proverbs 27:11

Be wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice; 1 then I will give back an answer to the one who mocks me. 1

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

In Context

10Do not forsake your friend and your friend's father, 1 and do not go to your brother's house on the day of your calamity. 1 Better is a neighbor who is nearby than a brother who is far away. 1

12A prudent man sees trouble and hides himself, 1 but the naive people go on and suffer because of it. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 119:42then I will have a reply for the one who mocks me, 1 for I trust in your word. 1

Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. 1 A wise son makes his father rejoice 1 but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. 1

Proverbs 23:15My son, if your heart is wise, 1 then my heart also will be glad; 1

Proverbs 23:25Let your father and your mother be glad 1 and let her who bore you rejoice. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated all my accomplishments for which I had worked under the sun because I must leave them behind to the man who comes after me.

Philemon 1:19I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I myself will pay it back—not to mention that you owe me your own self!

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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