Proverbs 23:25
Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
In Context
26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 23:15My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
Luke 1:31And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.
Luke 1:58And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:20-29
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25… Read the whole commentary →