Proverbs 28:7
נוֹצֵר תּוֹרָה בֵּן מֵבִין וְרֹעֶה זֽוֹלְלִים יַכְלִים אָבִֽיו ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
6טֽוֹב ־ רָשׁ הוֹלֵךְ בְּתֻמּוֹ מֵעִקֵּשׁ דְּרָכַיִם וְהוּא עָשִֽׁיר ׃
8מַרְבֶּה הוֹנוֹ בְּנֶשֶׁךְ ובתרבית לְחוֹנֵן דַּלִּים יִקְבְּצֶֽנּוּ ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 2:1בְּנִי אִם ־ תִּקַּח אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ ׃
Proverbs 3:1בְּנִי תּוֹרָתִי אַל ־ תִּשְׁכָּח וּמִצְוֺתַי יִצֹּר לִבֶּֽךָ ׃
Proverbs 23:19שְׁמַע ־ אַתָּה בְנִי וַחֲכָם וְאַשֵּׁר בַּדֶּרֶךְ לִבֶּֽךָ ׃
Proverbs 28:24גּוֹזֵל ׀ אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ וְאֹמֵר אֵֽין ־ פָּשַׁע חָבֵר הוּא לְאִישׁ מַשְׁחִֽית ׃
Proverbs 29:15שֵׁבֶט וְתוֹכַחַת יִתֵּן חָכְמָה וְנַעַר מְשֻׁלָּח מֵבִישׁ אִמּֽוֹ ׃
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 →