The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 29:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth 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 maketh a glad father: But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: But he that is a companion of gluttonous men shameth his father.
For on account of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.
but when this thy son came, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.