Proverbs 29:3
1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
- KJV
- Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
- WEB
- Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
- ASV
- Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth [his] substance.
- DARBY
- Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; but he that is a companion of harlots destroyeth [his] substance.
- BLB
- A man loving wisdom gladdens his father, and a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.
- ÅB
- En mann som elsker visdom, gleder sin far; men den som holder vennskap med skjøger, øder sitt gods.
- OTB
- En mann som verdsetter visdom, bringer lykke til sin far, men den som omgås skjøger, sløser bort sin rikdom.
- B1930
- En mann som elsker visdom, gleder sin far; men den som holder vennskap med skjøger, øder sitt gods.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 27:11
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Read in contextProverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Read in contextProverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Read in contextLuke 15:30
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Read in contextProverbs 28:7
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Read in contextLuke 15:13
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Read in contextProverbs 6:26
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
Read in contextProverbs 5:8–10
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
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