Proverbs 29:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִֽישׁ־אֹהֵ֣ב חָ֭כְמָה יְשַׂמַּ֣ח אָבִ֑יו וְרֹעֶ֥ה ז֝וֹנ֗וֹת יְאַבֶּד־הֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

ʾîš-ʾōhēḇ ḥoḵmāh yəśammaḥ ʾāḇîw wə-rōʿeh zônôt yəʾabbēd-hôn

Grammar Details

• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular construct - man of
• *ʾōhēḇ*: qal participle, masculine singular - loving
• *ḥoḵmāh*: noun, feminine singular - wisdom
• *yəśammaḥ*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - makes rejoice
• *ʾāḇîw*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *rōʿeh*: qal participle, masculine singular - shepherd/companion of
• *zônôt*: noun, feminine plural - prostitutes/harlots
• *yəʾabbēd*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - destroys/wastes
• *hôn*: noun, masculine singular - wealth/substance

Word Meanings

• *ʾîš-ʾōhēḇ*: man who loves/lover of
• *ḥoḵmāh*: wisdom/insight
• *yəśammaḥ*: makes rejoice/gives joy to
• *rōʿeh*: shepherd of/companion of/one who associates with
• *zônôt*: prostitutes/harlots
• *yəʾabbēd-hôn*: destroys wealth/wastes substance/ruins possessions

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.