24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. …
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-28)Here is good advice for parents to give to their children; words are put into their mouths, that they may train them up in the way they should go . Here we have, I. An earnest call to young people to attend to the advice of their godly parents, not only to this that is here given, but to all other profitable instructions: “ Here, my son, and be wise , Prov. 23:19. This will be an evidence that tho…
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