Proverbs 23:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Proverbs 23:15 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 23:24-25
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. …
2 John 1:4
I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
Proverbs 29:3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
3 John 1:3-4
For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. …
Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-16)

Here is, 1. A parent instructing his child. He is here brought in persuading him to give his mind to his book, and especially to the scriptures and his catechism, to attend to the words of knowledge, by which he might come to know his duty, and danger, and interest, and not to think it enough to give them the hearing, but to apply his heart to them, to delight in them, and bow his will to the auth…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

15-16. The pleasure afforded the teacher by the pupil’s progress is a motive to diligence.