Proverbs 23:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!”
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“May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 23:25 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 4:9Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
- Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
- Proverbs 17:25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
- Proverbs 23:15My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
- Proverbs 27:11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
- Luke 1:31Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
- Luke 1:40where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
- Luke 1:58Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
- Luke 11:27As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
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