Proverbs 29:3

A Conservative Version

He who loves wisdom delights his father, but he who keeps company with harlots wastes [his] substance.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.

Luke 15:30

But when this thy son came, who has devoured thy living with harlots, thou killed for him the fatted calf.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Luke 15:13

And not many days after, the younger son, having gathered all together, journeyed into a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth living recklessly.

Proverbs 28:7

He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

Proverbs 6:26

For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.

Proverbs 21:17

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.

Proverbs 23:15

My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart will be glad, even mine.

Proverbs 21:20

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of a wise man, but a foolish man swallows it up.