Thematic Bible
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Whosoever loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots wastes his substance.
A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish man despises his mother.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy in him.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.
And bring here the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Joy
Whosoever loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots wastes his substance.
A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish man despises his mother.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy in him.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.
And bring here the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Wisdom » Being wise
See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise,
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.