Proverbs 23:24
Greatly shall exult, the father of a righteous man, and, he that begetteth a wise son, shall rejoice in him:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
23Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding.
25Rejoice shall thy father and thy mother, yea she, shall exult, who bare thee.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:48Moreover also, thus and thus, hath said the king,—Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, who hath given, to-day, one to sit upon my throne, mine own eyes also beholding it.
1 Kings 2:9Now, therefore do not hold him guiltless, for, a wise man, thou art, and wilt know how thou oughtest to deal with him, and wilt suffer his grey hairs to go down with blood, to hades.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son, maketh a glad father,—but, a dullard, despiseth his own mother.
Proverbs 27:11Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart, that I may answer him that reproacheth me in a matter.
Ecclesiastes 2:19and who could know whether a, wise man, he would be or a foolish, and yet he would lord it over all my toil, wherein I had toiled and wherein I had acted wisely, under the sun,—even this, was vanity.
Philemon 1:20Yea! brother, I, would, from thee, have help, in the Lord: give rest unto my tender affections in Christ.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:20-29
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25… Read the whole commentary →