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Proverbs 23:25
25Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who gave birth to you rejoice [in your wise and godly choices].
Proverbs 23:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
- New International Version (NIV)May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who bore you rejoice.
Context of Proverbs 23:25
23Buy truth, and do not sell it; Get wisdom and instruction and understanding. 24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who sires a wise child will have joy in him. Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who gave birth to you rejoice [in your wise and godly choices]. 26My son, give me your heart And let your eyes delight in my ways, 27For a prostitute is a deep pit, And an immoral woman is a narrow well.
Read all of Proverbs 23Proverbs 23:25 word by word
יִֽשְׂמַח־אָבִ֥יךָ וְאִמֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝תָגֵ֗ל יֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 23:25
- Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
- 1 Chronicles 4:9Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; but his mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I gave birth to him in pain.”
- Luke 1:31Listen carefully: you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.
- Luke 11:27Now while Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed (happy, favored by God) is the womb that gave birth to You and the breasts at which You nursed!”
Commentaries on Proverbs 23:25
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-35Verses 15-35 Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple‘s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. Reins - See Job 19:27 note. Proverbs 23:17 Envy sinners - Compare in Psalm 37:1; Psalm 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb “envy” with the second clause, “envy not sinners, but…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-28Verses 19-28 The gracious Saviour who purchased pardon and peace for his people, with all the affection of a tender parent, counsels us to hear and be wise, and is ready to guide our hearts in his way. Here we have an earnest call to young people, to attend to the advice of their godly parents. If the heart be guided, the steps will be guided. Buy the truth, and sell it not; be willing to part with any thing for it. Do not part with it for pleasures…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-25Saying 16: This saying encourages seeking the wisdom that both a godly father and mother offer. Unlike other ancient Near East wisdom texts, Proverbs credits wisdom to both parents (Proverbs 1:8; 6:20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2524-25. (Compare Pr 10:1; 17:21, 25).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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