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Proverbs 29:3

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Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
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  1. Proverbs 27:11Rank 1 from verse 3
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    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  2. Luke 15:30Rank 2 from verse 3
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    30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

  3. Proverbs 10:1Rank 3 from verse 3
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    1THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  4. Proverbs 15:20Rank 4 from verse 3
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    20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  5. Luke 15:13Rank 5 from verse 3
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    13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

  6. Proverbs 28:7Rank 6 from verse 3
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    7Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

  7. Proverbs 6:26Rank 7 from verse 3
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    26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

  8. Proverbs 21:17Rank 8 from verse 3
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    17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  9. Proverbs 5:8–10Rank 9 from verse 3
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    8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

    9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

    10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

  10. Luke 1:13–17Rank 10 from verse 3
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    13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

    14And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

    15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

    16And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

    17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

  11. Proverbs 21:20Rank 11 from verse 3
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    20There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

  12. Proverbs 23:15Rank 12 from verse 3
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    15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  13. Proverbs 23:24–25Rank 13 from verse 3
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    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

    25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

  14. Proverbs 28:19Rank 14 from verse 3
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    19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

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Proverbs 29:3

COMBINED MEANING

wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

company

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1. A group, body, assembly, or number gathered or associated together. 2. Companionship or association; to associate with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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spendeth

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Third-person singular present form of spend. Sense 1: To use, expend, consume, or give out. Sense 2: To pass time or life in a stated manner.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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29:2When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

29:3Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

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29:4The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

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