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Proverbs 28:7

He that keepeth the law, is a wise son; but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth his father.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 a poor man going in his simpleness, than a rich man in [his] shrewd ways. (Better is a poor person going in his honesty, or in his integrity, than a rich person in all his depraved ways.)

8He that gathereth together riches by usuries, and free (ly) (made) increases, gathereth those together against poor men. (He who gathereth together riches from high interest rates, and exorbitant increases, gathereth them together for him who will give them to the poor.)

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou receivest my words, and hidest my behests with thee (or and hidest my commands with thee);

Proverbs 3:1My son, forget thou not my law; and thine heart keep my commandments.

Proverbs 23:19My son, hear thou, and be wise, and (ad)dress thy soul in the way (or and direct thy soul to the right way).

Proverbs 28:24He that withdraweth anything from his father and from his mother, and saith that this is no sin, is partner of a man-queller (or is the partner of, or no better than, a murderer).

Proverbs 29:15A rod and chastising shall give wisdom; but a child, that is left to his own will, shameth his mother.

Luke 15:30But after that this thy son, that hath devoured his substance with whores, came, thou hast slain to him a fat calf [or a fatted calf], (or thou hast killed a fatted 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 →

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