Proverbs 28:7

He who keepeth torah is a ben meiven, 1 but he that is a companion of zolelim (gluttons) shameth aviv. 1

Orthodox Jewish 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

6Better is the rahsh (poor) that walketh in his integrity, 1 than he that is perverse in his drakhim (ways), though he be rich. 1

8He that by neshekh (interest) and increase increaseth his substance, 1 he shall gather it for him that will pity the dalim (poor ones). 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:1Beni (my son), if thou wilt receive my words, 1 and treasure my mitzvot with thee; 1

Proverbs 3:1Beni (my son), forget not my torah; 1 but let thine lev keep my mitzvot; 1

Proverbs 23:19Hear thou, beni (my son), and be chacham, 1 and guide thine lev straight on the derech. 1

Proverbs 28:24He who robbeth aviv or immo, 1 and saith, It is no peysha (transgression), 1 the same is the chaver (fellow, companion) of an ish mashchit (man of destruction). 1

Proverbs 29:15The shevet (rod) and tokhakhat (reproof) give chochmah, 1 but a na'ar (child) left to himself bringeth immo to shame. 1

Luke 15:30But when shows up this ben of yours, the one having devoured your property with zonot (prostitutes), you sacrificed for him the fattened calf. + 15:30 Prov 29:3

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 →

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