Proverbs 29:3
New International Version
A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

New Living Translation
The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but if he hangs around with prostitutes, his wealth is wasted.

English Standard Version
He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Berean Standard Bible
A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

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

New King James Version
Whoever loves wisdom makes his father rejoice, But a companion of harlots wastes his wealth.

New American Standard Bible
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, But he who involves himself with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

NASB 1995
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.

NASB 1977
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.

Legacy Standard Bible
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, But he who befriends harlots destroys his wealth.

Amplified Bible
A man who loves [skillful and godly] wisdom makes his father joyful, But he who associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

Christian Standard Bible
A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A man that loves wisdom gladdens his father and he that traffics with prostitution will destroy his possessions.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: but he that keeps harlots will waste wealth.

Contemporary English Version
If you love wisdom your parents will be glad, but chasing after bad women will cost you everything.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A man that loveth wisdom, rejoiceth his father: but he that maintaineth bar lots, shall squander away his substance.

English Revised Version
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A person who loves wisdom makes his father happy, but one who pays prostitutes wastes his wealth.

Good News Translation
If you appreciate wisdom, your parents will be proud of you. It is a foolish waste to spend money on prostitutes.

International Standard Version
The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but anyone who consorts with immoral women squanders his wealth.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

Literal Standard Version
A man loving wisdom makes his father glad, | And a friend of harlots destroys wealth.

Majority Standard Bible
A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

New American Bible
Whoever loves wisdom gives joy to his father, but whoever consorts with harlots squanders his wealth.

NET Bible
The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

New Revised Standard Version
A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad, but to keep company with prostitutes is to squander one’s substance.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
He that loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

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

Young's Literal Translation
A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Stiff-Necked will Be Destroyed
2When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan. 3A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth. 4By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.…

Cross References
Luke 15:30
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!'

Proverbs 5:10
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

Proverbs 6:26
For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Proverbs 15:20
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 23:15
My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.

Proverbs 23:24
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.


Treasury of Scripture

Whoever loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots spends his substance.

loveth

Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Proverbs 23:15,24,25
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine…

he

Proverbs 5:8-10
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: …

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 21:17,20
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich…

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Proverbs 29
1. observations of public government
15. and of private
22. Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice and corruption














(3) Whoso loveth wisdom . . .--This verse is illustrated by the parable of the prodigal son (see Luke 15).

Verse 3. - The first hemistich is a variation of Proverbs 10. I (where see note). Keepeth company with; literally, feedeth, as Proverbs 28:7. Harlots (see on Proverbs 6:26). Such vice leads to the wasting of substance (Luke 15:13), and the great sorrow of the parent. Septuagint, "But he that pastureth (ποιμαίνει) harlots shall waste wealth."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
A man
אִֽישׁ־ (’îš-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who loves
אֹהֵ֣ב (’ō·hêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

wisdom
חָ֭כְמָה (ḥāḵ·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2451: Wisdom

brings joy
יְשַׂמַּ֣ח (yə·śam·maḥ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8055: To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome

to his father,
אָבִ֑יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

but a companion
וְרֹעֶ֥ה (wə·rō·‘eh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with

of prostitutes
ז֝וֹנ֗וֹת (zō·w·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

squanders
יְאַבֶּד־ (yə·’ab·beḏ-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

his wealth.
הֽוֹן׃ (hō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1952: Wealth, sufficiency


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