Proverbs 23:25
Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
World English Bible British
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 has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
26My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 23:15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
Luke 1:31Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’
Luke 1:58Her neighbours and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced 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 →