The Blessing of the Pious Mother
Henry Allon, D.D. Proverbs 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. The family is the profoundest and most sacred of all our social relationships. It is a type of spiritual relationships, and a means of realising them. In this delineation of the excellent woman the influence of the mother is more especially recognised. The distinctive honour of the pious mother is that she receives the benediction of her own children. They do her honour, speak of her with reverence and love and blessing. What must a mother be in order to inherit such benediction of her children? Notice her prudent regulation of the affairs of her household; her kindness, gentleness, and benignity; her piety. The religiousness that influences a child is the religiousness of common life, the religiousness that is the life that imbues all things with its feeling and sanctifies all things with its presence. Urge upon young women the present cultivation of such a character as will make them wise and holy mothers. (Henry Allon, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. WEB: Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her: