Proverbs 28:7
Whoever keeps the Law is a wise son;but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
New Heart English 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 poor who walks in his integrity,than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
8He who increases his wealth by excessive interestgathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:1My son, if you will receive my words,and store up my commandments within you;
Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching;but let your heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs 23:19Listen, my son, and be wise,and keep your heart on the right path!
Proverbs 28:24Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, "It's not wrong."He is a partner with a destroyer.
Proverbs 29:15The rod of correction gives wisdom,but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Luke 15:30But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'
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 →