Proverbs 27:11
Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
In Context
12The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
Cross References
Psalms 119:42And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.
Proverbs 10:1Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son [is] an affliction to his mother.
Proverbs 23:15My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,
Proverbs 23:25Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.
Ecclesiastes 2:18And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.
Philemon 1:19I, Paul did write with my hand, I — I will repay; that I may not say that also thyself, besides, to me thou dost owe.
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 →