Proverbs 23:25
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.
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
- KJV
- Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
- WEB
- Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
- ASV
- Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.
- DARBY
- let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
- BLB
- Let your father and your mother be glad, and let she who bore you rejoice.
- ÅB
- La din far og din mor glede seg, og la henne som fødte deg, juble!
- OTB
- La din far og mor være glade; la hun som ga deg fødsel fryde seg.
- B1930
- La din far og din mor glede sig, og la henne som fødte dig, juble!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Read in contextLuke 1:58
And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
Read in contextLuke 11:27–28
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
Read in context1 Chronicles 4:9–10
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
Read in contextLuke 1:40–47
And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
Read in contextLuke 1:31–33
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
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