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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Proverbs 29:3

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.

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See also Proverbs 29:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 29:3. _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_?...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 29 THE FINAL INSTRUCTIONS These final instructions given in proverbs cover the similar ground as those in the previous Chapter s. Wisdom shines out in each, and the contents of every proverb s...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PROVERBS 29:2. _cf._ Proverbs 11:10 f., Proverbs 28:12. Proverbs 29:4. he that exacteth gifts: lit. a man of presen

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WISDOM. Hebrew. _chakmah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _wisdom_ regarded, as the second clause of the verse shews, as leading to purity of life. Comp. Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 2:16. _spendeth_ Rather, WASTETH, R.V. ἀπολεῖ, LXX. Comp. διεσκόρπισε τὴν οὐσίαν...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER 29 TEXT Proverbs 29:1-9 1. He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. 2. When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice;...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. WHOSO LOVETH WISDOM (and therefore shuns harlots and dissipation) "rejoiceth his father...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    KINGS AND FATHERS 3. Cp. the prodigal son (Luke 15)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    A father is glad if his son grows to be wise. But some sons are foolish. They love pleasure. They love sex. And they sleep with many women. These sons waste their own money. They waste their own stre...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 29 V1 A man might refuse to change his behaviour, even if many people try to correct him. A terrible trouble will suddenly ruin that man’s lif...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHOSO LOVETH WISDOM... — This verse is illustrated by the parable of the prodigal son (see Luke 15)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אִֽישׁ ־אֹהֵ֣ב חָ֭כְמָה יְשַׂמַּ֣ח אָבִ֑יו וְ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 30 THE NEED OF REVELATION "Where no vision is, a people casts off restraint, but he that keepeth the law is happy."- Proverbs 29:18 THE form of the proverb shows that we are not to treat the...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Verse Proverbs 29:2. The sentiment of this proverb often recurs. On the surface it hardly appears to be true. To observe long issues is to be convinced of the absolute accuracy of the sentiment. Vers...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHOSO LOVETH WISDOM REJOICETH HIS FATHER,.... He that is a philosopher, especially a religious one, that not only loves and seeks after natural wisdom, but moral wisdom and knowledge; and more particu...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance. Ver. 3. _Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 10:1 _"_ But he...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DESCRIPTION OF STUBBORNNESS AND DISOBEDIENCE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father, who will, of course, share in the reward which the application of wisdom brings, 10:1; BUT HE THAT KEEPETH COMPANY WITH HARLOTS SPENDETH HIS SUBSTANCE, thus b...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    This FIFTH SECTION now has similarities to the fourth, but carries us further, for if the fourth stresses mainly the testing of ways and walk. This dwells more upon results, that is the recompenses of...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    LOVETH WISDOM; and therefore hateth and escheweth all folly and wickedness. KEEPETH COMPANY WITH HARLOTS; whereby he plainly discovers himself to want wisdom; of which see PROVERBS 7:7, &c. SPENDETH H...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 29:3 Whoever H376 loves H157 (H8802) wisdom H2451 father H1 rejoice H8055 (H8762) companion H7462 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who never regard the Word of God are an easy prey to the enemy of souls. A confidence in God and His Word enables one to look...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 29:1. _He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck._ The Greeks have a similar proverb. Οι πολλα πταιοντες και μη κολαζομενοι φοβεισθαι και δεδοικεναι οφειλουοιν. Αυξεται γαρ αυτοις τα τ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 29:3 Verse Proverbs 29:3 describes how a son may waste his inheritance, and v. Proverbs

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 29:4. HE THAT RECEIVETH GIFTS. Zöckler translates this, “_a man of taxes_.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 29:1_ REPROOF AND DESTRUCTION I. AN ACT OF BENEVOLENCE WHICH IS OF...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter reinforces many precept given previously. PROVERBS 29:1 HE THAT BEING OFTEN REPROVED HARDENETH HIS NECK; literally, _a man of reproofs—_one_ _who has had a long experience of...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy (Proverbs 29:1). That is a heavy, heavy proverb. The person that is often reproved by God. How ma...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Luke 1:13; Luke 15:13; Luke 15:30; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS Proverbs 29:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The time when God shall say "it is enough." Our verse, as a whole, reads thus: "He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall su...

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