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Proverbs 27:11

American Standard Version

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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Proverbs 27:11 in other translations

Be wise, my son,
and bring joy to my heart,
then I can answer my tormentor.

Proverbs 27:11 · World English Bible

Proverbs 27:11 in context

  1. 9Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
  2. 10Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
  3. 11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
  4. 12A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
  5. 13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.