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Proverbs 27:11

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My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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  1. Proverbs 10:1Rank 1 from verse 11
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    1THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  2. Psalms 119:42Rank 2 from verse 11
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    42So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

  3. Proverbs 23:15–16Rank 3 from verse 11
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    15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

    16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

  4. 2 John 1:4Rank 4 from verse 11
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    4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

  5. Proverbs 23:24–25Rank 5 from verse 11
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    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.

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Proverbs 27:11

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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wise

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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.

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make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

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glad

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Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.

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answer

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Sense 1: A reply or response. Sense 2: As a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.

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27:10Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

27:11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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27:12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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