Proverbs 23:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad; he repeateth this again, as a powerful argument to prevail with all children that are not void of natural affection, to labour to be wise and good, that so they may glad the hearts of their parents, to whom they have such high and indelible obligations. She that bare thee with so great pain and hazard, and brought thee up with such tender care, whom thou canst not better requite.