Proverbs 23:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
  • Luke 1:31-33 : 31 And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father: 33 He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.
  • Luke 1:40-47 : 40 And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms. 41 And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full of the Holy Spirit, 42 And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body. 43 How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me? 44 For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy. 45 Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done. 46 And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God; 47 My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.
  • Luke 1:58 : 58 And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.
  • Luke 11:27-28 : 27 And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk. 28 But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.
  • 1 Chr 4:9-9 : 9 And Jabez was honoured more than his brothers; but his mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, Because I gave birth to him with sorrow. 10 And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:24
    86%

    24The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

  • Prov 23:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    15My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

    16And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

  • Prov 23:22
    76%

    22Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 15:20
    75%

    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

  • Prov 10:1
    74%

    1A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

  • Prov 29:17
    74%

    17Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Deut 5:16
    74%

    16Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Prov 27:11
    74%

    11My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

  • Prov 23:26
    74%

    26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

  • Ps 45:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15With joy and rapture will they come; they will go into the king's house.

    16Your children will take the place of your fathers; so that you may make them rulers over all the earth.

  • Prov 17:25
    73%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Exod 20:12
    73%

    12Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Eph 6:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

    3So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.

    4And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

  • Prov 17:6
    73%

    6Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Jer 20:15
    72%

    15A curse on the man who gave the news to my father, saying, You have a male child; making him very glad.

  • Prov 1:8
    72%

    8My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Luke 1:14
    71%

    14And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

  • Prov 6:20
    71%

    20My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

  • Deut 30:9
    71%

    9And the Lord your God will make you fertile in all good things, blessing the work of your hands, and the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land: for the Lord will have joy in you, as he had in your fathers:

  • Prov 4:3
    71%

    3For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.

  • Ps 127:3
    71%

    3See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

  • Ps 128:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

    3Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.

  • Ps 113:9
    71%

    9He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Prov 5:18
    70%

    18Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

  • Prov 19:26
    70%

    26He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

  • Prov 31:28
    70%

    28Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,

  • Gal 4:27
    70%

    27For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.

  • Ps 127:5
    70%

    5Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.

  • Deut 30:5
    70%

    5Placing you again in the land of your fathers as your heritage; and he will do you good, increasing you till you are more in number than your fathers were.

  • Deut 28:4
    70%

    4A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock.

  • Job 31:18
    70%

    18(For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)

  • Ps 32:11
    70%

    11Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

    6If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Ps 21:6
    70%

    6For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

  • Isa 66:10
    69%

    10Have joy with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you her lovers: take part in her joy, all you who are sorrowing for her:

  • Exod 23:26
    69%

    26All your animals will give birth without loss, not one will be without young in all your land; I will give you a full measure of life.

  • Ezek 19:10
    69%

    10Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters.

  • Luke 6:23
    69%

    23Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

  • Deut 27:16
    69%

    16Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Col 3:20
    69%

    20Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

  • Prov 31:2
    68%

    2What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?