Proverbs 29:3
A man that loveth wisdom, maketh glad his father; but he that nourisheth a strumpet, shall lose his chattel. (A man who loveth wisdom, maketh his father glad; but he who feedeth a whore, shall lose his possessions.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
4A just king raiseth [up] the land; an avaricious man shall destroy it.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:8Make far thy way from her (or Make thy way far away from her), and nigh thou not to the doors of her house.
Proverbs 6:26For the price of a whore is scarcely a gobbet of bread; but (such) a woman taketh (away) the precious soul of a man.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son maketh glad his father; but a fond man despiseth his mother. (A wise son maketh his father happy; but a fool despiseth his mother.)
Proverbs 21:20Desirable treasure and oil is in the dwelling place of a just man; and an unprudent man shall destroy it. (Desirable treasure and oil be in the dwelling place of the wise; but an imprudent person shall destroy it all.)
Proverbs 23:24The father of a just man joyeth full out with joy; he that begat a wise man, shall be glad in him. (The father of a righteous person rejoiceth with great joy; he who begat someone who is wise, shall take much pleasure, or pride, in him.)
Proverbs 28:7He that keepeth the law, is a wise son; but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth 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 →