"My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. {even...: or, even I will rejoice}" — Proverbs 23:15

Proverbs 23:15 · KJV

“My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. {even...: or, even I will rejoice}”

— Proverbs 23:15

Verse 14

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

Verse 16

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

Proverbs 23 — Context

Withhold not correction from the child: for {if} thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. {even...: or, even I will rejoice}

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but {be thou} in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

Cross References

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.

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.

Proverbs 29:3

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth {his} substance.

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. {rest: Heb. be silent}

1 Thessalonians 3:8-9

For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

John 15:11

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and {that} your joy might be full.

1 John 2:1

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: