Proverbs 27:11
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
BSB
ASV
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
KJV
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
The voice of the teacher to his true disciple. He pleads with him that the uprightness of the scholar will be the truest answer to all attacks on the character or teaching of the master.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
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These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
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2 John 1:4I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.
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For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk.
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
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Psalms 119:42Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
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So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.