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15 My child, if your heart[a] is wise,
    my heart will be glad—even me!
16 And my insides[b] will rejoice
    when your lips speak what is upright.

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  1. Proverbs 23:15 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 23:16 Literally “kidneys”

15 My son, if your heart is (A)wise,
My own heart also will be glad,
16 And my [a]innermost being will rejoice
When your lips speak (B)what is right.

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  1. Proverbs 23:16 Lit kidneys

22 Listen to your father—he who gave you life,[a]
    and do not despise your mother when[b] she is old.

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  1. Proverbs 23:22 Literally “caused you to be born”
  2. Proverbs 23:22 Or “for, because”

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

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24 The father of the righteous will surely rejoice;
    he who bears a wise person will be happy with him.
25 May your father and your mother be glad,
    and may she who bore you rejoice.

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

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