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Proverbs 10:1
Solomon’s proverbs: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
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Luke 15:30
But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’
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Proverbs 15:20
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
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Proverbs 6:26
For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread, but an adulteress goes after a precious life.
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Proverbs 27:11
Be wise, my son, and bring my heart joy, so that I can answer anyone who taunts me.
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Luke 15:13
Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living.
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Proverbs 28:7
A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.
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Proverbs 5:8-10
Keep your way far from her. Don’t go near the door of her house.Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others and your years to someone cruel;strangers will drain your resources, and your earnings will end up in a foreigner’s house.
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Proverbs 21:20
Precious treasure and oil are in the dwelling of a wise person, but a foolish man consumes them.
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Proverbs 28:19
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
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Proverbs 21:17
The one who loves pleasure will become a poor man; whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.
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Luke 1:13-17
But the angel said to him: Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.There will be joy and delight for you, and many will rejoice at his birth.For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or beer. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother’s womb.He will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.
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Proverbs 23:24-25
The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly, and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.Let your father and mother have joy, and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.
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Proverbs 23:15
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will indeed rejoice.
