Proverbs 28:7
He that keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is the companion of prodigals bringeth shame on his father.
Noyes Bible
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
8He that increaseth his substance by usurious gain Gathereth it for him who will pity the poor.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:1Oh, my son, that thou wouldst receive my words, And treasure up my precepts within thee;
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my teaching, And let thy heart observe my precepts!
Proverbs 23:19Hear thou, my son, and be wise; And let thy heart go forward in the way!
Proverbs 28:24Whoso stealeth from his father or his mother, And saith, “It is no transgression,” The same is the companion of a robber.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself bringeth shame to his mother.
Luke 15:30But as soon as this thy son came, who devoured thy living with harlots, thou didst kill 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 →