Proverbs 23:15 expands on the father's gladness when his son is wise, aligning with the call for the son to give his heart in verse 26.

Proverbs 23:19 is the adjacent verse urging the son to guide his heart — the same fatherly appeal for heart direction.

Proverbs 4:23 echoes the same heart-centered wisdom: guarding the heart is essential because it directs life.

Proverbs 4:25-27 continues the same wisdom: direct eyes and feet on the path, echoing the call to observe a father's ways.

Luke 14:26 likewise demands hating family for Christ, directly contrasting the filial devotion in Proverbs.

Psalm 119:2 blesses those who seek God with their whole heart—directly echoing the call to give your heart.

Psalm 119:9-11 describes storing God's word in the heart to keep one's way pure—mirroring the heart and observation theme.

Matthew 10:37 contrasts loving Christ above family with Proverbs' call to give heart to an earthly father.

Revelation 3:15 rebukes lukewarmness, contrasting the wholehearted devotion that giving your heart requires.

Hebrews 10:22 urges drawing near with a sincere heart, reflecting the wholehearted devotion asked for here.

Mark 12:29's command to love God with all your heart echoes the call to give your heart and delight in His ways.

Matthew 15:8 contrasts giving your heart with honoring God only with lips — a warning against hypocrisy.

2 Chronicles 30:19 speaks of setting the heart to seek God — directly echoing the wholehearted devotion asked here.

1 Kings 8:48 describes returning to God with all heart — a strong parallel to the father's call for full devotion.

Deuteronomy 4:9 urges keeping your soul diligently — a parallel to guarding the heart and observing ways.

Deuteronomy 6:5 commands loving God with all the heart—similar devotion but directed to God, not a human father.

Ephesians 3:17 prays for Christ to dwell in hearts—parallel theme of heart's allegiance, but divine rather than human.

Numbers 14:24 commends Caleb for following God fully — a parallel to the call for wholehearted devotion here.