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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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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