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Selected Verse: Proverbs 29:3 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Pr 29:3 |
Strong Concordance |
Whoso [0376] loveth [0157] wisdom [02451] rejoiceth [08055] his father [01]: but he that keepeth company [07462] with harlots [02181] spendeth [06] his substance [01952]. |
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King James |
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Pro 4:6-7; Pro 10:1, &c.). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Spendeth ... - The laws of parallelism would lead us to expect "troubleth his father," but that is passed over as a thing about which the profligate would not care, and he is reminded of what comes home to him, that he is on the road to ruin.
The king - The ruler, as the supreme fountain of all justice, and as the ideal judge, is contrasted with the taker of bribers. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
This political proverb is now followed by one of general ethics:
3 A man who loveth wisdom delighteth his father;
And he who keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
Line first is a variation of Pro 10:1. אישׁ־אהב has, according to rule, the Metheg, cf. 9a. אישׁ is man, without distinction of age, from childhood (Gen 4:1) up to ripe old age (Isa 66:13); love and dutiful relation towards father and mother never cease. Line second reminds of Pro 28:7 (cf. Pro 13:20). |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
But he that keepeth company - רעה roeh, he that feedeth harlots, יאבד yeabed, shall utterly destroy his substance. Has there ever been a single case to the contrary? |
1 The proverbs [04912] of Solomon [08010]. A wise [02450] son [01121] maketh a glad [08055] father [01]: but a foolish [03684] son [01121] is the heaviness [08424] of his mother [0517].
6 Forsake [05800] her not, and she shall preserve [08104] thee: love [0157] her, and she shall keep [05341] thee.
7 Wisdom [02451] is the principal thing [07225]; therefore get [07069] wisdom [02451]: and with all thy getting [07075] get understanding [0998].
20 He that walketh [01980] with wise [02450] men shall be wise [02449]: but a companion [07462] of fools [03684] shall be destroyed [07321].
7 Whoso keepeth [05341] the law [08451] is a wise [0995] son [01121]: but he that is a companion [07462] of riotous [02151] men shameth [03637] his father [01].
13 As one [0376] whom his mother [0517] comforteth [05162], so will I comfort [05162] you; and ye shall be comforted [05162] in Jerusalem [03389].
1 And Adam [0120] knew [03045] [0853] Eve [02332] his wife [0802]; and she conceived [02029], and bare [03205] [0853] Cain [07014], and said [0559], I have gotten [07069] a man [0376] from [0854] the LORD [03068].
1 The proverbs [04912] of Solomon [08010]. A wise [02450] son [01121] maketh a glad [08055] father [01]: but a foolish [03684] son [01121] is the heaviness [08424] of his mother [0517].