Proverbs 23:25
Your father and your mother rejoice, || Indeed, she bearing you is joyful.
Literal Standard 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 righteous rejoices greatly, || The begetter of the wise rejoices in him.
26Give, my son, your heart to me, || And let your eyes watch my ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causes a father to rejoice, || And a foolish son [is] an affliction to his mother.
Proverbs 23:15My son, if your heart has been wise, || My heart rejoices, even mine,
Luke 1:31and behold, you will conceive in the womb, and will bring forth a Son, and call His Name Jesus;
Luke 1:58and the neighbors and her relatives heard that the LORD was making His kindness great with her, and they were rejoicing with 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 →