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15 My child, if your heart[a] is wise,
    my heart will be glad—even me!
16 And my insides[b] will rejoice
    when your lips speak what is upright.
17 May your heart[c] not envy the sinners,
    but live in fear of Yahweh all day.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:15 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 23:16 Literally “kidneys”
  3. Proverbs 23:17 Or “mind”
  4. Proverbs 23:17 Literally “all the day”