¹⁴ If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death. ¹⁵ My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad; ¹⁶ my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

Cross References

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.

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