Devine Scripture

Proverbs 23:24

Proverbs chapter 23 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

Context

v.23Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

v.24This passage

v.25Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 10:1

    The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Proverbs 29:3

    Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

  • 1 Kings 2:1

    Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

  • Ecclesiastes 2:19

    And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

  • Philemon 1:9

    yet for love’s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

  • 1 Kings 2:9

    Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.