Proverbs 23:24 · KJV
“The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise {child} shall have joy of him.”
— Proverbs 23:24
Buy the truth, and sell {it} not; {also} wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Proverbs 23 — Context
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth, and sell {it} not; {also} wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise {child} shall have joy of him.
25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 29:3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth {his} substance.
Proverbs 23:15-16
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. {even...: or, even I will rejoice}
Philemon 1:20
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
Philemon 1:9
Yet for love's sake I rather beseech {thee}, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
1 Kings 2:9
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou {art} a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise {man} or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This {is} also vanity.