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What does Proverbs 27:11 mean?
"Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor."
— Proverbs 27:11 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
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