The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
The father of a righteous child greatly rejoices, and he who begets a wise child has joy in him. That joy belongs to both father and mother when the child is wise and righteous. Heeding parental instruction is part of acquiring true wisdom, and honoring parents leads on toward honoring God and His laws.
The father's great joy and rejoicing comes in old age from children carefully but lovingly trained to righteousness and wisdom. Sternness and severity in managing and training children should be avoided when possible. They should be ruled by gentle, loving words just as long as prompt obedience is secured, with present pain used only when the child's best good can be secured in no other way. Children so trained become honors to their parents and fill their old age with rejoicing and thanksgiving.
The verse is seen when a son truthfully tells his mother that he is leaving dishonest work in order to do what is right before God. He thereby fills her aged heart with joy and moves her to thank God for giving her such a son. He moves her also to send up another prayer to heaven for him, and that prayer is valued above all the gold of Ophir. God wants His people to rejoice when they gather together, and the verse limits the permission in Deuteronomy 14:26 so that rejoicing while standing in the light does not lust after wrong things or run to unseemly excess.
The father of a righteous child greatly rejoices, and he who begets a wise child has joy in him. That joy belongs to both father and mother when the child is wise and righteous. Heeding parental instruction is part of acquiring true wisdom, and honoring parents leads on toward honoring God and His laws.
The father's great joy and rejoicing comes in old age from children carefully but lovingly trained to righteousness and wisdom. Sternness and severity in managing and training children should be avoided when possible. They should be ruled by gentle, loving words just as long as prompt obedience is secured, with present pain used only when the child's best good can be secured in no other way. Children so trained become honors to their parents and fill their old age with rejoicing and thanksgiving.
The verse is seen when a son truthfully tells his mother that he is leaving dishonest work in order to do what is right before God. He thereby fills her aged heart with joy and moves her to thank God for giving her such a son. He moves her also to send up another prayer to heaven for him, and that prayer is valued above all the gold of Ophir. God wants His people to rejoice when they gather together, and the verse limits the permission in Deuteronomy 14:26 so that rejoicing while standing in the light does not lust after wrong things or run to unseemly excess.