New English Translation
Proverbs 23:15
15My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;
Proverbs 23:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
- New International Version (NIV)My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed;
- English Standard Version (ESV)My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice—indeed, I myself;
Context of Proverbs 23:15
13Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. 14If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death. My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad; 16my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. 17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.
Read all of Proverbs 23Proverbs 23:15 word by word
בְּ֭נִי אִם־חָכַ֣ם לִבֶּ֑ךָ יִשְׂמַ֖ח לִבִּ֣י גַם־אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 23:15
- Proverbs 1:10My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!
- Proverbs 2:1My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,
- Proverbs 4:1Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.
- Matthew 9:2Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.”
- John 21:5So Jesus said to them, “Children, you don’t have any fish, do you?” They replied, “No.”
- 1 John 2:1(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,
- Proverbs 23:24The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.
- Proverbs 10:1The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.
- Proverbs 15:20A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.
- Proverbs 29:3The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:19For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?
- 1 Thessalonians 3:8For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord.
- 2 John 1:4I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
- 3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.
- Jeremiah 32:41I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them firmly in the land.’
- Zephaniah 3:17The Lord your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 23:15
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-35Verses 15-35 Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple‘s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. Reins - See Job 19:27 note. Proverbs 23:17 Envy sinners - Compare in Psalm 37:1; Psalm 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb “envy” with the second clause, “envy not sinners, but…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-16Verses 12-16 Here is a parent instructing his child to give his mind to the Scriptures. Here is a parent correcting his child: accompanied with prayer, and blessed of God, it may prove a means of preventing his destruction. Here is a parent encouraging his child, telling him what would be for his good. And what a comfort it would be, if herein he answered his expectation!Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16Saying 13: A wise parent feels joy when their child is wise (see Proverbs 10:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1615-16. The pleasure afforded the teacher by the pupil's progress is a motive to diligence.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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