Proverbs 28:7
He that keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth his father.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
In Context
6Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.
Proverbs 23:19Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way.
Proverbs 28:24He that stealeth any thing from his father, or from his mother: and saith, This is no sin, is the partner of a murderer.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child that is left to his own will bringeth his mother to shame.
Luke 15:30But as soon as this thy son is come, who hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:7
6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. Here, 1. It is supposed that a man may walk in his uprightness and yet be poor in this world, which is a temptation to dishonesty, and yet may resist the temptation and continue to walk in his uprightness —also that a man may be perverse in his ways, injurious to God and man, and yet be rich, and prosper in the world, for a while, may be rich, and so lie under great obligations and have great… Read the whole commentary →