Proverbs 29:3

Modern English Version

He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but he who keeps company with prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer my accusers.

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son delights his 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 grief of his mother.

Luke 15:13

“Not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together, and journeyed to a distant country, and there squandered his possessions in prodigal living.

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 prostitute leaves a man with a loaf of bread, and an adulteress preys upon his precious life.

Proverbs 21:17

The lover of pleasure will be a man of poverty; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who chases empty pursuits will have poverty enough.

Proverbs 23:15

My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will indeed rejoice.

Proverbs 21:20

Precious treasure and oil are in the house of the wise, but a foolish man squanders it.