3 He who eloves wisdom makes his father glad,
but fa companion of prostitutes gsquanders his wealth.
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Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 27:11
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
that I may answer him who reproaches me.
Proverbs 28:7
The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,
but a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Proverbs 5:9–10
lest you give your honor to others
and your years to the merciless,
lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
and your labors go to the house of a foreigner,
Proverbs 6:26
for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread,
but a married woman hunts down a precious life.
Luke 15:13
Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.
Luke 15:30
But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
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