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Proverbs 29:3

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

KJV

Vir qui amat sapientiam lætificat patrem suum ; qui autem nutrit scorta perdet substantiam.

Vulgate

ἀνδρὸς φιλοῦντος σοφίαν εὐφραίνεται πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, ὃς δὲ ποιμαίνει πόρνας ἀπολεῖ πλοῦτον.

LXX

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

ASV

אִֽישׁ אֹהֵ֣ב חָ֭כְמָה יְשַׂמַּ֣ח אָבִ֑י/ו וְ/רֹעֶ֥ה ז֝וֹנ֗וֹת יְאַבֶּד הֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
ה֣וֹן
hvn
noun · 26×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
זוֹנָ֔ה
zvnh
verb · 92×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
יִשְׂמְחוּ
yshmchv
verb · 153×
ם
m
verb · 183×
רֹעִ֔ים
r'ym
verb · 164×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Luke 15:13 — And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
  • Luke 15:13 — And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
  • Luke 15:30 — But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
  • Luke 15:30 — But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
  • Prov 5:8 — Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
  • Prov 6:26 — For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
  • Prov 6:26 — For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
  • Prov 10:1 — The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 10:1 — The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 15:20 — A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
  • Prov 15:20 — A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
  • Prov 21:17 — He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
  • Prov 23:15 — My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
  • Prov 23:24 — The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
  • Prov 27:11 — My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
  • Prov 28:7 — Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
  • Prov 28:7 — Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.