Proverbs 23:15
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
World English Bible British
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, and save his soul from Sheol.
16Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
Proverbs 4:1Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
Proverbs 15:20A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 23:25Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
Jeremiah 32:41Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”
Matthew 9:2Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralysed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins 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 →