Proverbs 29:3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
**Whoso loueth wisedome, reioyceth his father: but hee that keepeth company with harlots, spendeth his substance.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 10.1. and 15.20. and 27.11.
- *Cross-referenceLuk.15.13. chap. 5.9. and 28.7.
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- Proverbs 27:11Rank 1 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.
13And not many dayes after, the yonger sonne gathered al together, and tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there wasted his substance with riotous liuing.
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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;
8Remoue thy way farre from her, and come not nie the doore of her house:
9Lest thou giue thine honour vnto others, and thy yeeres vnto the cruell:
10†Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labors be in the house of a stranger,
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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.
13But the Angel said vnto him, Feare not, Zacharias, for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall beare thee a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iohn.
14And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse, and many shall reioyce at his birth:
15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shal drinke neither wine, nor strong drinke, and he shall bee filled with the holy Ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.
16*And many of the children of Israel shall hee turne to the Lord their God.
17And hee shall goe before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turne the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient ‖to the wisedome of the iust, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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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.
24*The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wise child, shall haue ioy of him.
25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.
- Proverbs 28:19Rank 14 from verse 3
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Proverbs 29:3
Loves; regards with affection, goodwill, or devoted care.
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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.
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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.
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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.
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1. A group, body, assembly, or number gathered or associated together. 2. Companionship or association; to associate with.
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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.
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29:2When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
29:2*‖When the righteous are in authoritie, the people reioyce: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourne.
29:3Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
29:3**Whoso loueth wisedome, reioyceth his father: but hee that keepeth company with harlots, spendeth his substance.
Selected passage29:4The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
29:4†The king by iudgement stablisheth the land: but he that receiueth gifts, ouerthroweth it.