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Selected Verse: Proverbs 23:24 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Pr 23:24 |
Strong Concordance |
The father [01] of the righteous [06662] shall greatly [01524] rejoice [01523]: and he that begetteth [03205] a wise [02450] child shall have joy [08055] of him. |
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King James |
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Pro 10:1; Pro 17:21, Pro 17:25). |
25 A foolish [03684] son [01121] is a grief [03708] to his father [01], and bitterness [04470] to her that bare [03205] him.
21 He that begetteth [03205] a fool [03684] doeth it to his sorrow [08424]: and the father [01] of a fool [05036] hath no joy [08055].
1 The proverbs [04912] of Solomon [08010]. A wise [02450] son [01121] maketh a glad [08055] father [01]: but a foolish [03684] son [01121] is the heaviness [08424] of his mother [0517].