Proverbs 23:15-16
Modern English Version
Saying Fourteen
15 My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart will rejoice—even mine.
16 Yes, my inmost being will rejoice
when your lips speak right things.
Proverbs 23:15-16
21st Century King James Version
15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;
16 yea, my reins shall rejoice when thy lips speak right things.
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Proverbs 23:22
Modern English Version
Saying Seventeen
22 Listen to your father who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:22
21st Century King James Version
22 Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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Proverbs 23:24-25
Modern English Version
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
and he who fathers a wise child will have joy of him.
25 Your father and your mother will be glad,
and she who bore you will rejoice.
Proverbs 23:24-25
21st Century King James Version
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy in him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.
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