Proverbs 23:15
My son, if yours heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
In Context
14You shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from hell.
16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, consent you not.
Proverbs 4:1Hear, all of you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 23:25Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she that bare you shall rejoice.
Jeremiah 32:41Yea, 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 9:2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; your sins be 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 →