Proverbs 23:15
My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
Proverbs 29:3
A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.
Proverbs 23:24-25
The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.
Proverbs 2:1
My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
Proverbs 4:1
Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
Proverbs 10:1
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
Jeremiah 32:41
And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.
Matthew 9:2
And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.
Luke 15:23-24
And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.
Luke 15:32
But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.
John 15:11
I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.
John 21:5
So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.
1 Thessalonians 2:19-20
For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?
1 Thessalonians 3:8-9
For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.
1 John 2:1
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:
2 John 1:4
It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.
3 John 1:3-4
For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way.