Proverbs 27:11
“My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.”
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
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.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Cross-References
“The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.”
“So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.”
“Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”
“Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.”
“I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.”