Proverbs 29:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Whoever loves wisdom makes his father glad; but he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.

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  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.
  • Luke 15:13 : 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered everything together, and took his journey to a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
  • Prov 6:26 : 26 For by means of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
  • Prov 27:11 : 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may have an answer for him who reproaches me.
  • Prov 28:7 : 7 Whoever keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.
  • Prov 5:8-9 : 8 Remove your way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house: 9 Lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel: 10 Lest strangers be filled with your wealth, and your labors be in the house of a stranger;
  • Prov 28:19 : 19 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.
  • Luke 1:13-17 : 13 But the angel said to him, Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 14 You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth. 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and will drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 He will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
  • Prov 21:17 : 17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
  • Prov 21:20 : 20 There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.
  • Prov 23:15 : 15 My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
  • Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child shall have joy of him. 25 Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she who bore you shall rejoice.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 28:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

    7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.

  • Prov 19:8
    74%

    8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 23:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child shall have joy of him.

  • Prov 15:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 3:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.

    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

    14For its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold.

  • Prov 13:20
    72%

    20He who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Prov 17:21
    72%

    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 19:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

    14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers, and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

  • Prov 11:29
    71%

    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 10:1
    71%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Prov 21:20
    71%

    20There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.

  • Prov 21:17
    71%

    17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

  • Prov 6:26
    70%

    26For by means of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

  • Prov 23:15
    70%

    15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 27:11
    70%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may have an answer for him who reproaches me.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26He who wastes his father, and chases away his mother, is a son who causes shame, and brings reproach.

    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Eccl 7:11
    70%

    11Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and by it there is profit to those who see the sun.

  • Prov 13:1
    70%

    1A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

  • Eccl 4:13
    70%

    13Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who will not be admonished anymore.

  • Prov 29:15
    70%

    15The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

  • Prov 29:4
    70%

    4The king establishes the land by justice; but he who accepts bribes overthrows it.

  • Prov 6:32
    70%

    32But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does it destroys his own soul.

  • Prov 5:20
    69%

    20And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 1:15
    69%

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path;

  • Ezek 16:32-33
    2 verses
    69%

    32But as a wife that commits adultery, who takes strangers instead of her husband!

    33They give gifts to all harlots, but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and hire them, that they may come to you on every side for your whoredom.

  • Eccl 7:4
    69%

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.

  • Prov 31:3
    69%

    3Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

  • Hos 4:11
    69%

    11Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart.

  • Prov 11:15
    69%

    15He who is surety for a stranger shall suffer for it, and he who hates suretyship is secure.

  • Prov 17:19
    69%

    19He who loves transgression loves strife, and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

  • Prov 3:35
    69%

    35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the legacy of fools.

  • Prov 3:21
    69%

    21My son, let them not depart from your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  • Prov 1:8
    69%

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 23:19
    68%

    19Hear, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

  • Prov 19:3
    68%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 4:7
    68%

    7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting, get understanding.

  • Prov 17:2
    68%

    2A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, and will share the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.