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Proverbs 29

Prov. 29:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whoso
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
d loveth
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
rejoiceth
samach (Hebrew #8055)
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
KJV usage: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.
Pronounce: saw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
his father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
: but hee that keepeth company
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
with harlots
zanah (Hebrew #2181)
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
KJV usage: (cause to) commit fornication, X continually, X great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
Pronounce: zaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton)
spendeth
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
his substance
hown (Hebrew #1952)
wealth; by implication, enough
KJV usage: enough, + for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: hone
Origin: from the same as 1951 in the sense of 202
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Prov. 10:1• 1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. (Prov. 10:1)
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Luke 15:13,30• 13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
 30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. (Luke 15:13,30)

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Prov. 10:1• 1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. (Prov. 10:1)
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Prov. 15:20• 20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. (Prov. 15:20)
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Prov. 23:15,24‑25• 15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
 24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
 25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. (Prov. 23:15,24‑25)
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Prov. 27:11• 11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. (Prov. 27:11)
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Luke 1:13‑17• 13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
 14And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
 15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
 16And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
 17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. (Luke 1:13‑17)
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Prov. 5:8‑10• 8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
 9Lest thou give thine honor unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
 10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors be in the house of a stranger; (Prov. 5:8‑10)
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Prov. 6:26• 26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. (Prov. 6:26)
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Prov. 21:17,20• 17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
 20There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. (Prov. 21:17,20)
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Prov. 28:7,19• 7Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
 19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. (Prov. 28:7,19)
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Luke 15:13,30• 13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
 30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. (Luke 15:13,30)
• See note on Proverbs 28:7. Loose living is a snare to which young men are peculiarly exposed. He who is wise will shun it as he would a viper about to strike. Immorality is ruinous alike to body and soul. (“Proverbs Twenty-Nine” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; but he that is a companion of harlots destroyeth his substance.