Proverbs 23:25
Let your father and your mother be joyful, and may she who conceived you exult.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
In Context
24The father of the just exults in gladness; he who has conceived the wise will rejoice in him.
26My son, offer me your heart, and let your eyes keep to my ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1A wise son gladdens the father. Yet truly, a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 23:15My son, if your soul will become wise, my heart will be glad with you.
Luke 1:31Behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and you shall bear a son, and you shall call his name: JESUS.
Luke 1:58And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and so they congratulated her.
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 →