Proverbs 29:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. ”

Proverbs 29:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 com...
Proverbs 29:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 29:2 . cf. Proverbs 11:10 f., Proverbs 28:12-28 . 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,...
Proverbs 29:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wisdom. Hebrew. chakmah. See note on Proverbs 1:2 .
Proverbs 29:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. But he that keepeth company - רעה roeh, he that feedeth harlots, יאבד yeabed, shall utterl...
Proverbs 29:3 - 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 fat...
Proverbs 29:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Kings and Fathers 3. Cp. the prodigal son ( Luke 15 ).
Proverbs 29:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Whoso loveth wisdom ... — This verse is illustrated by the parable of the prodigal son (see Luke 15 ).
Proverbs 29:3 - 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 tre...
Proverbs 29:3 - 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. V...
Proverbs 29:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 part...
Proverbs 29:3 - 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...
Proverbs 29:3 - L. 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 o...
Proverbs 29:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. Both the parts of this verse repeat what has been often said, but, on c...
Proverbs 29:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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 , &...
Proverbs 29:3 - 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 w...
Proverbs 29:3 - 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 τ...
Proverbs 29:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 e...
Proverbs 29:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Description of Stubbornness and Disobedience
Proverbs 29:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 1:13-17 ; Luke 15:13 ; Luke 15:30 ; Proverbs 10:1 ; Proverbs 15:20 ; Proverbs 21:17 ; Proverbs 21:20 ; Proverbs 23:15 ; Proverbs 23:24 ; Proverbs 23:25 ; Proverbs 27:11 ; Proverbs 28...
Proverbs 29:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Way of the Righteous Proverbs 29:1-27 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,...

Proverbs 29:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 29:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 29:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 29:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 29:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 29:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 29:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 29:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 29:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 29:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 29:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 29:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 29:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 29:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 29:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 29:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 29:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 29:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 29:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 29:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary