Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Matthew Henry
Both the parts of this verse repeat what has been often said, but, on comparing them together, the sense of them will be enlarged from each other. 1. Be it observed, to the honour of a virtuous young…
Cambridge Bible
wisdom regarded, as the second clause of the verse shews, as leading to purity of life. Comp. Pro 2:10; Pro 2:16.
spendeth Rather, wasteth, R.V. ἀπολεῖ, LXX. Comp. διεσκόρπισε τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ … ὁ…
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