Proverbs 23:24
The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
23Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,
25Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:48and also thus hath the king said, Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath given to-day [one] sitting on my throne, and mine eyes seeing.'
1 Kings 2:9and now, acquit him not, for a wise man thou [art], and thou hast known that which thou dost to him, and hast brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.'
Proverbs 15:20A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.
Proverbs 27:11Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also [is] vanity.
Philemon 1:20Yes, brother, may I have profit of thee in the Lord; refresh my bowels in the Lord;
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 →