Proverbs 27:11
Be wise, my son,and bring joy to my heart,then I can answer my tormentor.
New Heart English Bible
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 sees danger and takes refuge;but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Cross References
Psalms 119:42So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me,for I trust in your word.
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon.A wise son makes a glad father;but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 23:15My son, if your heart is wise,then my heart will be glad, even mine:
Proverbs 23:25Let your father and your mother be glad!Let her who bore you rejoice!
Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
Philemon 1:19I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).
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 →