Proverbs 23:25

Proverbs 23:25
Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.

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Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

Deuteronomy 21:19
Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

Deuteronomy 21:20
And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink.

Deuteronomy 21:21
Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.

Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

Proverbs 30:17
The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

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1 Chronicles 4:9
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.

1 Chronicles 4:10
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.

Luke 1:40
And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms.

Luke 1:41
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,

Luke 1:42
And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

Luke 1:43
How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me?

Luke 1:44
For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.

Luke 1:45
Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

Luke 1:46
And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;

Luke 1:47
My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.

Luke 1:58
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
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.

Luke 11:28
But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

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Proverbs 19:22
The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.

Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

Proverbs 24:10
If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.

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Proverbs 17:21
He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

Proverbs 19:26
He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

Proverbs 28:14
Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.

Proverbs 29:15
The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

Luke 15:12
And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.

Luke 15:13
And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

Luke 15:14
And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

Luke 15:15
And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.

Luke 15:16
And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

Luke 15:30
But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

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Ecclesiastes 2:18
Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.

Ecclesiastes 2:20
So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:21
Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

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Luke 1:13
But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

Luke 1:14
And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

Luke 1:15
For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

Luke 1:16
And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

Luke 1:17
And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

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Luke 1:31
And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.

Luke 1:32
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:

Luke 1:33
He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

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1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?

1 Thessalonians 2:20
For you are our glory and our joy.

1 Thessalonians 3:8
For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.

1 Thessalonians 3:9
For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;

Philemon 1:7
For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

Philemon 1:19
I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.

Philemon 1:20
So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

3 John 1:3
For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way.

3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.

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