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Proverbs 23:24 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 23 · verse 24
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.Proverbs 23:24 · King James Version
Proverbs 23:24 in context
22Hearken 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- righteoustsaddîyqjustH6662 →
- begettethyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- greatlygîyla revolution (of timeH1524 →
- rejoicegîylproperly, to spin roundH1523 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- wisechâkâmwiseH2450 →
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Here is good advice for parents to give to their children; words are put into their mouths, that they may train them up in the way they should go. Here we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-28