<< Proverbs 27:11 >>

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad so that I can answer anyone who criticizes me.

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

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Verse 11

Children are here exhorted to be wise and good, 1. That they may be a comfort to their parents and may make their hearts glad, even when the evil days come, and so recompense them for their care, ch. 23:15. 2. That they may be a credit to them: "That I may answer him that reproaches me with having been over-strict and severe in bringing up my children, and having taken a wrong method with them in restraining them from the liberties which other young people take. My son, be wise, and then it will appear, in the effect, that I went the wisest way to work with my children." Those that have been blessed with a religious education should in every thing conduct themselves so as to be a credit to their education and to silence those who say, A young saint, an old devil; and to prove the contrary, A young saint, an old angel.

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