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.