25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
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. …
And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. …
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-28)Here is good advice for parents to give to their children; words are put into their mouths, that they may train them up in the way they should go . Here we have, I. An earnest call to young people to attend to the advice of their godly parents, not only to this that is here given, but to all other profitable instructions: “ Here, my son, and be wise , Prov. 23:19. This will be an evidence that tho…
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