Proverbs 29:3

World English Bible (2000)

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'
  • Luke 15:13 : 13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.
  • Prov 6:26 : 26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
  • Prov 27:11 : 11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
  • Prov 28:7 : 7 Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
  • Prov 5:8-9 : 8 Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house, 9 lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; 10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.
  • Prov 28:19 : 19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
  • Luke 1:13-17 : 13 But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been 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 he will drink no wine nor strong drink. 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 prepare a people prepared for the Lord."
  • Prov 21:17 : 17 He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves 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 swallows it up.
  • Prov 23:15 : 15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:
  • Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him. 25 Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you 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, and he is rich.

    7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons 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 don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

    24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

  • Prov 15:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

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

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

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

    21Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Prov 3:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

    13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

    14For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

  • Prov 13:20
    72%

    20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Prov 17:21
    72%

    21He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25A foolish son brings 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. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

    14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

  • Prov 11:29
    71%

    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish 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 brings grief to his mother.

  • Prov 21:20
    71%

    20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

  • Prov 21:17
    71%

    17He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Prov 6:26
    70%

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

  • Prov 23:15
    70%

    15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:

  • Prov 27:11
    70%

    11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

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

    27If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Eccl 7:11
    70%

    11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

  • Prov 13:1
    70%

    1A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.

  • Eccl 4:13
    70%

    13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.

  • Prov 29:15
    70%

    15The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

  • Prov 29:4
    70%

    4The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

  • Prov 6:32
    70%

    32He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

  • Prov 5:20
    69%

    20For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

  • Prov 1:15
    69%

    15My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

  • Ezek 16:32-33
    2 verses
    69%

    32A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!

    33They give gifts to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may come to you on every side for your prostitution.

  • 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 mirth.

  • Prov 31:3
    69%

    3Don't give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

  • Hos 4:11
    69%

    11Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

  • Prov 11:15
    69%

    15He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

  • Prov 17:19
    69%

    19He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

  • Prov 3:35
    69%

    35The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion 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, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:

  • Prov 23:19
    68%

    19Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

  • Prov 19:3
    68%

    3The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 4:7
    68%

    7Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

  • Prov 17:2
    68%

    2A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

  • 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.