American Standard Version
"The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him. "
— Proverbs 23:24, American Standard Version
“The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.”
“The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.”
“The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.”
“The father of the just rejoiceth greatly: he that hath begotten a wise son, shall have joy in him.”
“The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.”
“The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.”
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothea manwith rags.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.
My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.
For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.