Proverbs 27:11

Proverbs chapter 27 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Context

v.10Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

v.11This passage

v.12A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; Butthe simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Cross references

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

Philemon 1:19
I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 23:15
My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:
Ecclesiastes 2:18
And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
2 John 1:4
I rejoice greatly that I have foundcertainof thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.
Proverbs 29:3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.