Proverbs 29:3

Proverbs chapter 29 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

Context

v.2When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.

v.3This passage

v.4The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 23:24

    The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

  • Luke 15:30

    but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.

  • Proverbs 28:19

    He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

  • Proverbs 15:20

    A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Luke 15:13

    And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.

  • Proverbs 21:20

    There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.