Proverbs 29:3
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Whoever loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots spends his substance.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Whoever loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots spends his substance.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his'substance.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.
Webster's Revision
He that loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
World English Bible
Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.
Clarke's Proverbs 29:3 Bible Commentary
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?
Barnes's Proverbs 29:3 Bible Commentary
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.