Proverbs 29:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad, but a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: But he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Whoever loves skillful and godly Wisdom rejoices his father, but he who associates with harlots wastes his substance.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

Common English Bible

³ A man who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice, but one who spends time with prostitutes destroys riches.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ The man who loves wisdom rejoices his father. But whoever nurtures promiscuous women will lose his substance.

Proverbs 29:3 Cross References

Proverbs 27:11

Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’

Proverbs 15:20

A wise child makes a glad father, but the foolish despise their mothers.

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.

Luke 15:13

A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant region, and there he squandered his wealth in dissolute living.

Proverbs 28:7

Those who keep the law are wise children, but companions of gluttons shame their parents.

Proverbs 6:26

for a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread, but the wife of another stalks a man’s precious life.

Proverbs 21:17

Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want; whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Proverbs 28:19

Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread, but one who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Proverbs 23:15

My child, if your heart is wise, my heart also will be glad.

Proverbs 21:20

Precious treasure remains in the house of the wise, but the fool devours it.