Proverbs 27:11
King James Version (KJV)
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
American Standard Version (ASV)
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
World English Bible (WEB)
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
Proverbs 27:11 Cross References
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.
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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.
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
