Proverbs 27:11 · KJV
“My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.”
— Proverbs 27:11
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: {for} better {is} a neighbour {that is} near than a brother far off.
A prudent {man} foreseeth the evil, {and} hideth himself; {but} the simple pass on, {and} are punished.
Proverbs 27 — Context
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so {doth} the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. {by...: Heb. from the counsel of the soul}
10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: {for} better {is} a neighbour {that is} near than a brother far off.
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12A prudent {man} foreseeth the evil, {and} hideth himself; {but} the simple pass on, {and} are punished.
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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.
Psalms 119:42
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. {So...: or, So shall I answer him that reproveth me in a thing}
Proverbs 23:15-16
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. {even...: or, even I will rejoice}
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 23:24-25
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise {child} shall have joy of him.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-21
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. {taken: Heb. laboured}
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Psalms 127:4-5
As arrows {are} in the hand of a mighty man; so {are} children of the youth.