Verse 24

The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:1 : 1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
• Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
• Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart; 16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
• Prov 29:3 : 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.
• Eccl 2:19 : 19 And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
• Phlm 1:9 : 9 Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:
• Phlm 1:20 : 20 So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.
• 1 Kgs 1:48 : 48 Then the king said, May the God of Israel be praised, who has given one of my seed to be king in my place this day and has let my eyes see it.
• 1 Kgs 2:1-3 : 1 Now the time of David's death came near; and he gave orders to Solomon his son, saying, 2 I am going the way of all the earth: so be strong and be a man; 3 And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,
• 1 Kgs 2:9 : 9 But do not let him be free from punishment, for you are a wise man; and it will be clear to you what you have to do with him; see that his white head goes down to the underworld in blood.