Proverbs 23:25
Do what will cause your father to be glad and enable your mother also to be happy.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
In Context
26My son, heed what I say to you, and allow what I do to be an example for you.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1These are more proverbs/wise sayings from Solomon: If children are wise, they cause their parents to be happy; but if children are foolish, they cause their parents to be very sad.
Proverbs 23:15My son/child, if you [SYN] become wise, I [SYN] will be very happy.
Luke 1:31You will become pregnant and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus.
Luke 1:58Her neighbors and relatives heard how ◄the Lord/God► had greatly blessed her by enabling her to bear a child, so they were happy along with Elizabeth.
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 →