Proverbs 28:7
Who so kepeth the lawe, is a chylde of vnderstanding: but he that is a companion of riotous men, shameth his father.
Bible (Bishops')
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 he that walketh in his vprightnes: then he that peruerteth his wayes, and is riche.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:1My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee,
Proverbs 3:1My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but see that thine heart kepe my commaundementes:
Proverbs 23:19My sonne geue eare and be wyse, and set straight thyne heart in the way [of the Lorde.]
Proverbs 28:24Who so robbeth his father and mother, and sayth it is no sinne: the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Proverbs 29:15The rodde and correction geueth wisdome: but a childe left to his owne will, bryngeth his mother to shame.
Luke 15:30But assoone as this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlottes, thou hast for his pleasure kylled that fat calfe.
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 →