Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Cross-reference

Proverbs 10:1 says a wise son brings joy to his father—directly paralleling the same theme of a son's wisdom making a parent's heart glad.

In Proverbs 15:20, the same proverb appears: a wise son brings joy to his father, directly affirming this verse's first part.

In Proverbs 23:15, the father's gladness at his son's wisdom is reiterated: 'if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad.'

Proverbs 23:16 adds the father's inmost being rejoicing when the son speaks what is right, echoing the joy from wisdom.

Proverbs 23:24 says the father of a righteous child has great joy, a direct parallel to the wise son bringing joy.

Proverbs 23:25 extends the joy to both parents, wishing them to rejoice in their wise son, reinforcing the theme.

Proverbs 29:3 directly parallels 'brings joy to his father'—here from loving wisdom, matching the son's wise actions bringing joy to the father's heart.

In Psalm 119:42, the same phrase 'answer anyone who taunts me' appears, but here it's grounded in trusting God's word, not in a son's wisdom.

2 John 1:4 Parallel

2 John 1:4 shows John rejoicing that children walk in truth, directly paralleling the father's joy in a wise son here.