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Proverbs 23:15 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 23 · verse 15
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.Proverbs 23:15 · King James Version
Proverbs 23:15 in context
13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
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Key words (Strong's)
- rejoicesâmachprobably to brighten upH8055 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- wisechâkamto be wiseH2449 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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Here is, 1. A parent instructing his child. He is here brought in persuading him to give his mind to his book, and especially to the scriptures and his catechism, to attend to the words of knowledge, by which he might come to know his duty, and danger, and interest, and not to think it enough to give them the hearing,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-16