Proverbs 27:11
My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
In Context
12A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
Cross References
Psalms 119:42So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.
Proverbs 10:1THE PARABLE OF SALOMON. A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.
Proverbs 23:15My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce, and I also.
Proverbs 23:25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.
Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated also all my labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne, which I shall leaue to the man that shalbe after me.
Philemon 1:19I Paul haue written this with mine owne hande: I will recompense it, albeit I doe not say to thee, that thou owest moreouer vnto me euen thine owne selfe.
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 →