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Proverbs 23:25
25So make your father and your mother proud of you. Do things that will make your mother happy.
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
23Truth, wisdom, good teaching and knowledge are valuable things. Buy them for yourself. Do not sell them. 24The father of a righteous person will be very happy. He will be proud of a wise child. So make your father and your mother proud of you. Do things that will make your mother happy. 2617. Listen to me carefully, my son. Watch how I live. 27Prostitutes are a dangerous trap for men. Women who are not faithful to their husbands can cause men to fall into danger, like a deep well.
Read all of Proverbs 23Proverbs 23:25 word by word
יִֽשְׂמַח־אָבִ֥יךָ וְאִמֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝תָגֵ֗ל יֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 23:25
- Proverbs 17:25To have a foolish son makes his father sad. It makes his mother very upset.
- 1 Chronicles 4:9Another of Judah's descendants was called Jabez. People respected him more than his brothers. His mother called him Jabez, because she said, ‘I had a lot of pain at his birth.’
- Luke 1:31Listen! A baby boy will grow inside you. When he is born, you will call him Jesus.
- Luke 11:27While Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd shouted out. ‘How happy is the woman that gave birth to you! How happy is the woman that fed you from her breasts!’
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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