Proverbs 23:24
King James Version (KJV)
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
World English Bible (WEB)
The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
Proverbs 23:24 Cross References
And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;
And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
