Verse 3

A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:1 : 1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.
  • Luke 15:13 : 13 And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.
  • Prov 6:26 : 26 For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
  • Prov 27:11 : 11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.
  • Prov 28:7 : 7 He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.
  • Prov 5:8-9 : 8 Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house; 9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men: 10 And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;
  • Prov 28:19 : 19 By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.
  • Luke 1:13-17 : 13 But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John. 14 And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth. 15 For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth. 16 And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
  • Prov 21:17 : 17 The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.
  • Prov 21:20 : 20 There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
  • Prov 23:15 : 15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
  • Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him. 25 Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.