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description: "\"My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.\" — Read Proverbs 23:15-16 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon."
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## Proverbs 23:15-16 in Context (Verses 12–19 KJV)
 
 [12 ](/kjv/proverbs/23/12) Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
 
 [13 ](/kjv/proverbs/23/13) Withhold not correction from the child: for *if* thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
 
 [14 ](/kjv/proverbs/23/14) Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/proverbs/23/15) My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.*
 
 [16 ](/kjv/proverbs/23/16) Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/proverbs/23/17) Let not thine heart envy sinners: but *be thou* in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/proverbs/23/18) For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.*
 
 [19 ](/kjv/proverbs/23/19) Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
 
[Proverbs 22](/kjv/proverbs/22) [Proverbs 24](/kjv/proverbs/24)

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