Cross references

Proverbs 23:24

The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice,

and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

Proverbs 23:24 BSB

Proverbs 23:24 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 10:1 (10 votes) and Proverbs 15:20 (9 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Exodus 20 to 3 John 1.

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Which verses does Proverbs 23:24 point to?

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  1. The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

  2. A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

  3. My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice. My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

  4. A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

  5. Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

  6. I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

  7. As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon, “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man. …

  8. Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”

  9. And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

  10. saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”

Which verses point to Proverbs 23:24?

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