Proverbs 29:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 28:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

    7He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.

  • Prov 19:8
    74%

    8He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

  • Prov 23:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.

    24The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

  • Prov 15:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

    6In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

    21Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Prov 3:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

    13Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

    14For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

  • Prov 13:20
    72%

    20Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

  • Prov 17:21
    72%

    21He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Prov 19:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

    14House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

  • Prov 11:29
    71%

    29The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Prov 10:1
    71%

    1A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

  • Prov 21:20
    71%

    20There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

  • Prov 21:17
    71%

    17The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

  • Prov 6:26
    70%

    26For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

  • Prov 23:15
    70%

    15My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

  • Prov 27:11
    70%

    11My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

    27A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Eccl 7:11
    70%

    11Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

  • Prov 13:1
    70%

    1A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Eccl 4:13
    70%

    13A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

  • Prov 29:15
    70%

    15The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

  • Prov 29:4
    70%

    4A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.

  • Prov 6:32
    70%

    32He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

  • Prov 5:20
    69%

    20Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

  • Prov 1:15
    69%

    15My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Ezek 16:32-33
    2 verses
    69%

    32The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!

    33They give payment to all loose women: but you give rewards to your lovers, offering them payment so that they may come to you on every side for your cheap love.

  • Eccl 7:4
    69%

    4The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

  • Prov 31:3
    69%

    3Do not give your strength to women, or your ways to that which is the destruction of kings.

  • Hos 4:11
    69%

    11Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.

  • Prov 11:15
    69%

    15He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

  • Prov 17:19
    69%

    19The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

  • Prov 3:35
    69%

    35The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

  • Prov 3:21
    69%

    21My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

  • Prov 1:8
    69%

    8My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 23:19
    68%

    19Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Prov 19:3
    68%

    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 4:7
    68%

    7The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

  • Prov 17:2
    68%

    2A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

    1Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.