Proverbs 27:11
חֲכַם בְּנִי וְשַׂמַּח לִבִּי וְאָשִׁיבָה חֹרְפִי דָבָֽר ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
In Context
12עָרוּם רָאָה רָעָה נִסְתָּר פְּתָאיִם עָבְרוּ נֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 119:42וְאֶֽעֱנֶה חֹרְפִי דָבָר כִּֽי ־ בָטַחְתִּי בִּדְבָרֶֽךָ ׃
Proverbs 10:1מִשְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹה פ בֵּן חָכָם יְשַׂמַּח ־ אָב וּבֵן כְּסִיל תּוּגַת אִמּֽוֹ ׃
Proverbs 23:15בְּנִי אִם ־ חָכַם לִבֶּךָ יִשְׂמַח לִבִּי גַם ־ אָֽנִי ׃
Proverbs 23:25יִֽשְׂמַח ־ אָבִיךָ וְאִמֶּךָ וְתָגֵל יֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ ׃
Ecclesiastes 2:18וְשָׂנֵאתִֽי אֲנִי אֶת ־ כָּל ־ עֲמָלִי שֶׁאֲנִי עָמֵל תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ שֶׁאַנִּיחֶנּוּ לָאָדָם שֶׁיִּהְיֶה אַחֲרָֽי ׃
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 →