Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
A wise and righteous child brings gladness and joy to both father and mother, including the mother who gave birth to the child. Goodness in a child gladdens both parents alike. Righteousness joined with wisdom is what makes parents glad and makes the bearing mother rejoice.
A child who honors and heeds wise instruction brings joy to father and mother, and such honoring of parents leads on toward honoring God and His laws. Upright character in a child brings gladness and rejoicing to father and mother, so that telling a mother the truth and choosing what is right fills her heart with joy. Thoughtfulness in a son likewise brings joy to his parents, and a letter from an absent son gladdens his mother's heart and relieves her worry.
Father and mother are made glad and filled with rejoicing and thanksgiving in old age by children who have been carefully but lovingly trained. That training rules by gentle, loving words as long as they secure prompt obedience, yet disciplines even with present pain when gentleness fails and pain alone will secure the child's best good. Such true, holy mother love is accepted and blessed by God, and children so trained become crowns of glory to their parents. A sinner's turning to God also brings gladness to that sinner's father and mother, as seen in the joy of Christian parents when their child comes to God.
The verse is God's call for a person to give Him the heart in loving obedience as a willing offering of the whole self. The heart so offered is sinful and unable to make itself pure, but God's grace makes it fit. Through trust in Christ and His ransom it finds peace and salvation, while the Holy Spirit renews it and consecrates it to serve God in reliance on His righteousness and guidance. That offered heart is to be humbled, to trust God through sorrow, and to remain faithful to the end.
The verse shows that God wants His people to rejoice, and the gathering described in Deuteronomy 14 was one of the times when they would gather together and rejoice. That permission to rejoice must be understood in connection with everything else God has given. When His people stand in the light they will not lust after what is wrong and will certainly not go to unseemly excess. The strong drink of ancient times is not to be compared with the poisonous preparations used at the present time.
A wise and righteous child brings gladness and joy to both father and mother, including the mother who gave birth to the child. Goodness in a child gladdens both parents alike. Righteousness joined with wisdom is what makes parents glad and makes the bearing mother rejoice.
A child who honors and heeds wise instruction brings joy to father and mother, and such honoring of parents leads on toward honoring God and His laws. Upright character in a child brings gladness and rejoicing to father and mother, so that telling a mother the truth and choosing what is right fills her heart with joy. Thoughtfulness in a son likewise brings joy to his parents, and a letter from an absent son gladdens his mother's heart and relieves her worry.
Father and mother are made glad and filled with rejoicing and thanksgiving in old age by children who have been carefully but lovingly trained. That training rules by gentle, loving words as long as they secure prompt obedience, yet disciplines even with present pain when gentleness fails and pain alone will secure the child's best good. Such true, holy mother love is accepted and blessed by God, and children so trained become crowns of glory to their parents. A sinner's turning to God also brings gladness to that sinner's father and mother, as seen in the joy of Christian parents when their child comes to God.
The verse is God's call for a person to give Him the heart in loving obedience as a willing offering of the whole self. The heart so offered is sinful and unable to make itself pure, but God's grace makes it fit. Through trust in Christ and His ransom it finds peace and salvation, while the Holy Spirit renews it and consecrates it to serve God in reliance on His righteousness and guidance. That offered heart is to be humbled, to trust God through sorrow, and to remain faithful to the end.
The verse shows that God wants His people to rejoice, and the gathering described in Deuteronomy 14 was one of the times when they would gather together and rejoice. That permission to rejoice must be understood in connection with everything else God has given. When His people stand in the light they will not lust after what is wrong and will certainly not go to unseemly excess. The strong drink of ancient times is not to be compared with the poisonous preparations used at the present time.