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15 My son, if your heart is wise,
    then my heart will be glad, even mine.
16 Yes, my heart will rejoice
    when your lips speak what is right.

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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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Footnotes

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

22 Listen to your father who gave you life,
    and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

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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”

24 The father of the righteous has great joy.
    Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad!
    Let her who bore you rejoice!

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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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