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Proverbs 27:11

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

KJV

Stude sapientiæ, fili mi, et lætifica cor meum, ut possis exprobranti respondere sermonem.

Vulgate

Σοφὸς γίνου, υἱέ, ἵνα σου εὐφραίνηται ἡ καρδία, καὶ ἀπόστρεψον ἀπὸ σοῦ ἐπονειδίστους λόγους.

LXX

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

ASV

חֲכַ֣ם בְּ֭נִ/י וְ/שַׂמַּ֣ח לִבִּ֑/י וְ/אָשִׁ֖יבָה חֹרְפִ֣/י דָבָֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
י
y
noun · 591×
יִשְׂמְחוּ
yshmchv
verb · 153×
יֶחְכַּם
ychkm
verb · 28×
נִי
ny
verb · 41×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2John 1:4 — I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
  • Eccl 2:18 — 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.
  • Prov 10:1 — The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 15:20 — A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
  • Prov 23:15 — My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
  • Prov 23:24 — The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
  • Prov 29:3 — Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
  • Ps 119:42 — So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
  • Ps 119:42 — So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
  • Ps 127:5 — Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.