Proverbs 29:3
The man who loves wisdom rejoices his father. But whoever nurtures promiscuous women will lose his substance.
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4A just king guides the land. A man of avarice will destroy it.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:8Make your way at a distance from her, and do not approach the doors of her house.
Proverbs 6:26For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son gladdens the father. But the foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 21:20There is desirable treasure, as well as oil, in the habitations of the just. And the imprudent man will waste it.
Proverbs 23:24The father of the just exults in gladness; he who has conceived the wise will rejoice in him.
Proverbs 28:7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son. But whoever feeds gluttons brings shame to 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 →