Proverbs 23:15
My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;
Proverbs 29:3
The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
Proverbs 23:24-25
The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.
Proverbs 1:10
My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!
Proverbs 2:1
My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,
Proverbs 4:1
Listen, children, to a father's instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.
Proverbs 10:1
The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.
Jeremiah 32:41
I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them firmly in the land.'
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you."
Matthew 9:2
Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven."
Luke 15:23-24
Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,
Luke 15:32
It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.'"
John 15:11
I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.
John 21:5
So Jesus said to them, "Children, you don't have any fish, do you?" They replied, "No."
1 Thessalonians 2:19-20
For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?
1 Thessalonians 3:8-9
For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord.
1 John 2:1
(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,
2 John 1:4
I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
3 John 1:3-4
For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.