The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 29:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but one who keeps company with harlots squanders his substance. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: But he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whoever loves skillful and godly Wisdom rejoices his father, but he who associates with harlots wastes his substance. American Standard Version (1901) Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance. Common English Bible A man who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice, but one who spends time with prostitutes destroys riches. Catholic Public Domain Version The man who loves wisdom rejoices his father. But whoever nurtures promiscuous women will lose his substance. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A man that loveth wisdom, rejoiceth his father: but he that maintaineth bar lots, shall squander away his substance. |
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Precious treasure remains in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
He who keeps the law is a wise son, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.
for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.
Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living.
But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!’