My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice -- indeed, I myself;

Yes, my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak right things.

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son [is] the grief of his mother.

A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother.

"Also the king said thus, 'Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, who has given [one] to sit on my throne this day, while my eyes see [it!'] "

Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying:

"And keep the charge of the LORD your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;

And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also [is] vanity.

[yet] for love's sake I rather appeal [to you -- being] such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ --

Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.