Proverbs 23:25

25 May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!

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Proverbs 23:25 in Other Translations

KJV

25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

ESV

25 Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice.

NLT

25 So give your father and mother joy! May she who gave you birth be happy.

MSG

25 So make your father happy! Make your mother proud!

CSB

25 Let your father and mother have joy, and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.

Proverbs 23:25 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:25

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad
That, is when thou art righteous and wise; see ( Proverbs 10:1 ) ; or "let thy father and thy mother be glad" ^F5; do everything that may make their hearts glad, and their lives easy and comfortable in their old age; by ministering to their necessities, if in any; by treading in their steps, and following their examples; by living soberly and righteously, and behaving wisely; by not only honouring them, but by seeking the honour and glory of God; showing a regard to religion, and supporting it to the utmost of their power; these are things which make the hearts of pious parents glad; and she that bare thee shall rejoice;
thy mother particularly, who bore and brought thee forth with so much pain, and brought thee up with so much care and trouble, will think it an to much recompence for all, if thou art truly wise and religious. Some accommodate this to God our heavenly Father, and to the church, the Jerusalem above, the mother of us all.

FOOTNOTES:

F5 (xmvy) "guadeat", V. L. "laetetur", Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "fac ut laetetur", Mercerus, Gejerus; "exhilaretur", Schultens.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Proverbs 23:25 In-Context

23 Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well.

24 The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.

25 May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!

26 My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways,

27 for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Cross References 1

1. S Proverbs 10:1