15 (A)My son, if your heart is wise,
    my heart too will be glad.
16 My (B)inmost being[a] will exult
    when your lips speak (C)what is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:16 Hebrew My kidneys

22 (A)Listen to your father who gave you life,
    (B)and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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24 (A)The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
    he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
25 (B)Let your father and mother be glad;
    let (C)her who bore you rejoice.

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