Proverbs 29:3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth [his] substance.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- Luke 15:30 : 30 but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.
- Luke 15:13 : 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.
- Prov 6:26 : 26 For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
- Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
- Prov 27:11 : 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
- Prov 28:7 : 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.
- Prov 5:8-9 : 8 Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house; 9 Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel; 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,
- Prov 28:19 : 19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
- Luke 1:13-17 : 13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. 14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. 16 And many of the children of Israel shall be turn unto the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient [to walk] in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared [for him] .
- Prov 21:17 : 17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
- Prov 21:20 : 20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.
- Prov 23:15 : 15 My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:
- Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him. 25 Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.
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6 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.
7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.
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8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.
- Prov 23:23-242 verses73%
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; [Yea], wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
- Prov 15:5-62 verses73%
5 A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
- Prov 15:20-212 verses73%
20 A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
21 Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.
- Prov 3:12-143 verses73%
12 For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.
14 For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.
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20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
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21 He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.
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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
- Prov 19:13-142 verses71%
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
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29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.
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17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
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26 For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
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15 My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:
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11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
- Prov 19:26-272 verses70%
26 He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.
27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.
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11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.
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1 A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
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13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
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4 The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.
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32 He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
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20 For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
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15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
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32 A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!
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4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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3 Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
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11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
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15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.
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19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
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35 The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.
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21 My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:
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8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
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19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.
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3 The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.
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7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [Therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
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2 A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.
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1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.