Proverbs 29:3
He who loves wisdom delights his father, but he who keeps company with harlots wastes [his] substance.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4By justice the king establishes the land, but he who exacts gifts overthrows it.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house,
Proverbs 6:26For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 21:20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of a wise man, but a foolish man swallows it up.
Proverbs 23:24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise son will have joy of him.
Proverbs 28:7He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:3
2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. This is what was said before, ch. xxviii. 12 , 28 . 1. The people will have cause to rejoice or mourn according as their rulers are righteous or wicked; for, if the righteous be in authority, sin will be punished and restrained, religion and virtue will be supported and kept in reputation; but, if the wicked get power in their hands, wickedness will abound, religion and religious people will be… Read the whole commentary →