What does Proverbs 29:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance."
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_?...
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 ho...
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...
PROVERBS 29:2. _cf._ Proverbs 11:10 f., Proverbs 28:12. Proverbs 29:4. he that exacteth gifts: lit. a man of presents. Proverbs 29:9 b. Who is the subject? If it is the wise man, the meaning is that...
WISDOM. Hebrew. _chakmah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2....
_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 οὐσία...
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;...
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...
KINGS AND FATHERS 3. Cp. the prodigal son (Luke 15)....
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...
WHOSO LOVETH WISDOM... — This verse is illustrated by the parable of the prodigal son (see Luke 15)....
אִֽישׁ ־אֹהֵ֣ב חָ֭כְמָה יְשַׂמַּ֣ח אָבִ֑יו וְ רֹעֶ֥ה זֹ֝ונֹ֗ות יְאַבֶּד ־הֹֽון׃...
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...
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...
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 follow...
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...
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...
DESCRIPTION OF STUBBORNNESS AND DISOBEDIENCE...
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...
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...
Proverbs 29:3 Whoever H376 loves H157 (H8802) wisdom H2451 father H1 rejoice H8055 (H8762) companion H7462 (H8802) harlots H2181 (H8802) wastes H6 (H8762) wealth H1952 loveth - Proverbs 10:1, Proverb...
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...
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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 29:3 Verse Proverbs 29:3 describes how a son may waste his inheritance, and v. Proverbs 29:4 describes how a king can squander the kingdom that he inherited. The ruler WHO EX...
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...
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...
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 m...
Luke 1:13; Luke 15:13; Luke 15:30; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 21:17; Proverbs 21:20; Proverbs 23:15; Proverbs 23:24;...
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 s...