Proverbs 23:25

American Standard Version (1901)

Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
  • Luke 1:31-33 : 31 And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
  • Luke 1:40-47 : 40 and entered into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth. 41 And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit; 42 and she lifted up her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed [art] thou among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto me? 44 For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came into mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 45 And blessed [is] she that believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord. 46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
  • Luke 1:58 : 58 And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.
  • Luke 11:27-28 : 27 And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck. 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
  • 1 Chr 4:9-9 : 9 And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:24
    86%

    24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

  • Prov 23:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    15My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

    16Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.

  • Prov 23:22
    76%

    22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

  • Prov 15:20
    75%

    20A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Prov 10:1
    74%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Prov 29:17
    74%

    17Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

  • Deut 5:16
    74%

    16Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • Prov 27:11
    74%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Prov 23:26
    74%

    26My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

  • Ps 45:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: They shall enter into the king's palace.

    16Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth.

  • Prov 17:25
    73%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Exod 20:12
    73%

    12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • Eph 6:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

    3that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

    4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

  • Prov 17:6
    73%

    6Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

  • Jer 20:15
    72%

    15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

  • Prov 1:8
    72%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Luke 1:14
    71%

    14And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

  • Prov 6:20
    71%

    20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Deut 30:9
    71%

    9And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;

  • Prov 4:3
    71%

    3For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

  • Ps 127:3
    71%

    3Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.

  • Ps 128:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

    3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

  • Ps 113:9
    71%

    9He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [And to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Prov 5:18
    70%

    18Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

  • Prov 19:26
    70%

    26He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

  • Prov 31:28
    70%

    28Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband [also], and he praiseth her, [saying] :

  • Gal 4:27
    70%

    27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.

  • Ps 127:5
    70%

    5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

  • Deut 30:5
    70%

    5and Jehovah thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

  • Deut 28:4
    70%

    4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

  • Job 31:18
    70%

    18(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

  • Ps 32:11
    70%

    11Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous; And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Ps 21:6
    70%

    6For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence.

  • Isa 66:10
    69%

    10Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her;

  • Exod 23:26
    69%

    26There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

  • Ezek 19:10
    69%

    10Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

  • Luke 6:23
    69%

    23Rejoice in that day, and leap [for joy] : for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

  • Deut 27:16
    69%

    16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Col 3:20
    69%

    20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

  • Prov 31:2
    68%

    2What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?