Proverbs 23:24
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24 (A)The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.
Proverbs 10:1
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Wise Sayings of Solomon
10 The proverbs of (A)Solomon:
(B)A wise son makes a glad father,
But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 29:3
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3 Whoever loves wisdom makes his father rejoice,
But a companion of harlots wastes his wealth.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 (A)A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 23:15-16
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15 My son, if your heart is wise,
My heart will rejoice—indeed, I myself;
16 Yes, my [a]inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak right things.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:16 Lit. kidneys
Philemon 20
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20 Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.
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Philemon 9
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9 yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ—
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
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1 Kings 2:9
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9 Now therefore, (A)do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but (B)bring his gray hair down to the grave with blood.”
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1 Kings 2:1-3
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David’s Instructions to Solomon
2 Now (A)the days of David drew near that he should die, and he [a]charged Solomon his son, saying: 2 (B)“I go the way of all the earth; (C)be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. 3 And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may (D)prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;
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1 Kings 1:48
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48 Also the king said thus, ‘Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has (A)given one to sit on my throne this day, while my eyes see (B)it!’ ”
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