Proverbs 23:15
My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
In Context
14Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.
16And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.
Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.
Proverbs 23:25Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.
Jeremiah 32:41and I have rejoiced over them to do them good, and have planted them in this land in truth, with all my heart, and with all My soul.
Matthew 9:2and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, 'Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'
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 →