Proverbs 27:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Proverbs 27:11 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Psalms 119:42
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
Proverbs 23:15-16
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. …
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.

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Commentary

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

(vv. 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, Prov. 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…

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

(vv. 11)

11. The wisdom of children both reflects credit on parents and contributes to their aid in difficulties.