Proverbs 29:3 says loving wisdom rejoices the father, directly paralleling the wise son's effect.

Proverbs 23:25 expands the joy to both parents, showing the shared gladness over a wise child.

Proverbs 15:20 echoes the same contrast of a wise son bringing gladness and a foolish son despising his mother.

Proverbs 17:21 reinforces the sorrow a foolish child brings, using similar language of a father's lack of joy.

Proverbs 17:25 directly parallels the latter half—a foolish son is grief to father and bitterness to mother.

Proverbs 19:13 expands on the foolish son bringing ruin, adding a comparison with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 23:15 expresses the father's gladness when his son is wise, mirroring the first half of the proverb.

In Proverbs 23:16, the father's reins rejoice when the son speaks right things — directly echoing the joy a wise son brings.

Proverbs 23:24 explicitly states that the father of a righteous son greatly rejoices, reinforcing the same cause-and-effect.

Proverbs 27:11 directly parallels the wise son making his father glad, reinforcing the same cause and effect.

Proverbs 13:1 describes a wise son as one who hears instruction, providing a behavioral trait behind the gladness.

Proverbs 19:26 describes a son who brings shame by violence, echoing the foolish son who is a sorrow to his mother.

Proverbs 29:15 notes that a child left to himself brings his mother to shame — a similar sorrow to the foolish son's effect.

Proverbs 1:1 identifies Solomon as author, providing the source of this proverb about wise and foolish sons.

Proverbs 25:1 shows this proverb belongs to a later collection of Solomon's proverbs edited by Hezekiah's men.

1 Kings 5:7 has Hiram rejoicing that David has a wise son (Solomon), illustrating the glad father from Proverbs.

2 Samuel 18:33 shows David weeping for his rebellious son Absalom — a narrative example of a father's sorrow over a foolish son.

1 Kings 4:32 attests to Solomon's vast output of proverbs, confirming the wisdom tradition behind this verse.