Proverbs 27:11
Be wise, my son, and make my heart happy and I will have an answer for anyone who criticizes (taunts) (torments) me.
Proverbs 10:1
A wise son makes a father glad: but a foolish son is sorrow (depression) (grief) for his mother.
Psalm 119:42
I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
Proverbs 23:15-16
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will also rejoice!
Psalm 127:4-5
The children born to a man when he is young are like arrows in the hand of a warrior.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a father glad. A foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 23:24-25
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice and he who gives birth to a wise child will receive joy from him.
Proverbs 29:3
He who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice. But he who keeps company with fornicators wastes his wealth.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-21
I hated all the work I had done under the sun, because I would leave it behind for the man who comes after me.
2 John 1:4
I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.