Proverbs 28 · Verse 7

Proverbs 28:7

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Proverbs 28:7, King James Version

Proverbs 28:7 in other translations

BSBA discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
WEBWhoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
ASVWhoso keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.
YLTWhoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
DARBYWhoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.
BBEHe who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.
WebsterHe who keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

What does Proverbs 28:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. (Compare Pr 17:25). riotous men--or, "gluttons" (Pr 23:20, 21).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Companions of riotous men not only grieve their parents, but shame them.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 28:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נוֹצֵ֣רno.Tzer[one who] keepsH5341
תּ֭וֹרָהTo.rah[the] lawH8451
בֵּ֣ןben[is] a sonH1121
מֵבִ֑יןme.VinunderstandingH995
וְרֹעֶהve.ro.'ehand [one who] associates withH7462
זֽ֝וֹלְלִ֗יםzo.LimgluttonsH2151
יַכְלִ֥יםyakh.Limhe shamesH3637
אָבִֽיו\׃'a.Vivfather hisH1

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 28:7

  • Proverbs 29:3

    Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

  • Proverbs 29:15

    The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

  • 1 Peter 4:3-4

    For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  • Proverbs 28:24

    Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

  • Proverbs 19:26

    He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

  • Proverbs 23:19-22

    Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

  • Proverbs 3:1-35

    My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. …

  • Luke 15:13

    And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

  • Proverbs 2:1-6

    My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; …

  • Luke 15:30

    But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
keepeth.
2:1-6; 3:1-35
but.
24; 19:26; 23:19-22; 29:3,15; Lu 15:13,30; 1Pe 4:3,4
is a companion of riotous men. or, feedeth gluttons.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 28:6

    Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Proverbs 28:7

    Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

  • Proverbs 28:8

    He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

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Proverbs 28:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El que guarda la ley es hijo prudente: mas el que es compañero de glotones, avergüenza á su padre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Qui garde la loi est un fils intelligent; mais le compagnon des débauchés fait honte à son père.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ein verständiger Sohn bewahrt das Gesetz; wer sich aber zu Schlemmern gesellt, macht seinem Vater Schande.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Qui custodit legem filius sapiens est; qui autem comessatores pascit confundit patrem suum.