Proverbs 23:15
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15 (A)My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart too will be glad.
Proverbs 23:24-25
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24 (A)The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
25 (B)Let your father and mother be glad;
let (C)her who bore you rejoice.
2 John 4
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Walking in Truth and Love
4 (A)I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father.
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Proverbs 29:3
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3 He who (A)loves wisdom makes his father glad,
but (B)a companion of prostitutes (C)squanders his wealth.
3 John 3-4
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3 For (A)I rejoiced greatly when the brothers[a] came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that (B)my children are walking in the truth.
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- 3 John 1:3 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 10
Zephaniah 3:17
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17 (A)The Lord your God is in your midst,
(B)a mighty one who will save;
(C)he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
Proverbs 4:1
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Proverbs 2:1
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The Value of Wisdom
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Proverbs 1:10
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10 My son, if sinners (A)entice you,
do not consent.
1 John 2:1
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Christ Our Advocate
2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, (A)we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
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1 Thessalonians 3:8-9
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8 For now we live, if you (A)are standing fast in the Lord. 9 For (B)what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God,
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Proverbs 15:20
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20 (A)A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
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John 21:5
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5 (A)Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.”
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John 15:11
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11 These things I have spoken to you, (A)that my joy may be in you, and that (B)your joy may be full.
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Luke 15:32
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32 It was fitting (A)to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother (B)was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”
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Luke 15:23-24
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23 And bring (A)the fattened calf and kill it, and (B)let us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son (C)was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
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Matthew 9:2
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2 (A)And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus (B)saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, (C)“Take heart, my son; (D)your sins are forgiven.”
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Jeremiah 32:41
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41 (A)I will rejoice in doing them good, (B)and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
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1 Thessalonians 2:19-20
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19 For what is our hope or (A)joy or crown of boasting (B)before our Lord Jesus at his (C)coming? Is it not you? 20 For you are our glory and joy.
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