Proverbs 28:7
He that keepeth instruction, is a son with discernment, but, a companion of squanderers, bringeth shame to his father.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
Cross References
Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;
Proverbs 3:1My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;
Proverbs 23:19Hear, thou, my son, and be wise, and lead forward, in duty, thy heart.
Proverbs 28:24He that robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, companion, is he to one who wasteth.
Proverbs 29:15A rod with rebuke, giveth wisdom, but, a youth unrestrained, bringeth shame to his mother.
Luke 15:30But, when, this thy son, who had devoured thy living with harlots, came, thou didst sacrifice, 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 →