Selah · Bible verse
Proverbs 23:24
The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
In context
22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
25Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
26My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
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In other languages
日本語 · 箴言 23:24 · 口語訳聖書正しい人の父は大いによろこび、知恵ある子を生む者は子のために楽しむ。한국어 · 잠언 23:24 · 개역한글의인의 아비는 크게 즐거울 것이요 지혜로운 자식을 낳은 자는 그를 인하여 즐거울 것이니라Español · Proverbios 23:24 · Reina-Valera (1909)Mucho se alegrará el padre del justo: y el que engendró sabio se gozará con él.Português · Provérbios 23:24 · Bíblia Livre (2018)O pai do justo muito se alegrará; aquele que gerar o sábio se encherá de alegria por causa dele.
