Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Proverbs 28:7

Whoso keepeth the Law, observing carefully all instruction which he receives, is a wise son, Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 29:3; but he that is a companion of riotous men, loving the company of profligates and wasters, shameth his father.

Continues after advertising

See also Proverbs 28:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 28 WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The wicked is a coward; the righteous man, because he trusteth in the Lord and knows the Lord is on his side, is as bold as a lion. It is the conscience...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SECOND DIVISION, PROVERBS 28 F. In general character this division resembles Section II., consisting chiefly of antithetic couplets. PROVERBS 28:2 B. The text is uncertain, and various renderings are...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WISE. intelligent. Hebrew. _binah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2. SHAMETH. Compare Proverbs 29:15....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _riotous_ Rather, GLUTTONOUS. See Proverbs 23:20, note....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER 28 TEXT Proverbs 28:1-9 1. The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion. 2. For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of under...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. WHOSO KEEPETH THE LAW IS A WISE SON (AND GLADDENS HIS FATHER): BUT HE THAT IS A COMPANION OF RIOTO...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    OBSERVATIONS RELATING CHIEFLY TO SOCIAL LIFE 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 28 V1 A wicked person runs away, even if nobody is chasing him. But good people are as bold as lions....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Money does not tempt everybody. Food and drink can tempt some people. In the second line, the son upsets his father. This is because the son only wants to eat. This son is greedy. And he does not care...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    נֹוצֵ֣ר תֹּ֭ורָה בֵּ֣ן מֵבִ֑ין וְ רֹעֶה זֹֽ֝ו

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that feareth a...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Verse Proverbs 28:2. "The transgression of a land" must be understood as the opposite of the "state shall be prolonged." Then the proverb means that a multiplicity of princes is an evil, but men of un...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHOSO KEEPETH THE LAW [IS] A WISE SON,.... That observes the law of God; for, though he cannot perfectly keep it, yet he delights in it after the inward man; and with his spirit serves it, from a prin...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father. Ver. 7. _He that keepeth the law is a wise son._] It is neither good nature, nor good nurture or...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    IF we HAVE SEEN in chapter 27 the blessing of God and refuge in the sanctuary, chapter 28, a fourth section. brings our feet abruptly back to the wilderness path, where walk and ways must be tested by...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    IS A COMPANION OF RIOTOUS MEN: Or, feedeth gluttons...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IS A WISE SON; and consequently a credit and comfort to his father, as hath been oft noted before. IS A COMPANION OF RIOTOUS MEN; which is both a manifest violation of God's law, which forbids this so...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 28:7 keeps H5341 (H8802) law H8451 discerning H995 (H8688) son H1121 companion H7462 (H8802) gluttons...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: True religion is true wisdom, making men wise in every relation. Those who make conscience of God's law will find a security in the...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 28:2. _By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged._ Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham's time it w...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:2 Righteous individuals are essential for a just society. When many individuals are unjust, particularly those with power, all of society will suffer....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 28:5. JUDGMENT, or, “what is right” _(Delitzsch)_. PROVERBS 28:6. PERVERSE, etc., literally, “he who is crooked in two ways.” Delitzsch translates, “_a double-going deceive...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the sinn...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Twenty-eight: The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are as bold as a lion (Proverbs 28:1). The contrast of the wicked and the righteous. We had an awful lot of that early in the pr...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 4:3; 1 Peter 4:4; Luke 15:13; Luke 15:30; Proverbs 2:1;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    DIVINE CONTRASTS Proverbs 28:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have another one of Solomon's messages which God gave to him. We will bring out several statements in the beginning of the chapter. 1. A CONTRAS...

Continues after advertising