Proverbs 29:3
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
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)
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
זָנָה
zânâh
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (...
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Key Terms in This Verse
אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →זָנָה zânâh
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 ...
Study H2181 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →חַיִל chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Study H2428 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
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)
Study H376 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
And 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.
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
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