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Proverbs 23:25
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.
Proverbs 23:25 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 23:25 in other translations
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
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In context
22 Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.
23 Bye the trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.
26 My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.
27 For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte.
28 Also she lyeth in wait as for a praye, and she increaseth the transgressers among men.
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