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Proverbs 28

Prov. 28:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whoso keepeth
natsar (Hebrew #5341)
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Pronounce: naw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
the law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
is a wise
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
: but he that ηis a companion
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
of riotous
zalal (Hebrew #2151)
to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal
KJV usage: blow down, glutton, riotous (eater), vile.
Pronounce: zaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2107)
men shameth
kalam (Hebrew #3637)
properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
KJV usage: be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.
Pronounce: kaw-lawm'
Origin: a primitive root
his father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
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η
or, feedeth gluttons.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 2:1‑6• 1My son, if thou wilt receive my words,{HR}And lay up my commandments with thee;
 2So that thou wilt incline thine ear to wisdom,{HR}And apply thy heart to understanding;
 3Yea if thou cry after discernment,{HR}[And] lift up thy voice for understanding;
 4If thou seek her as silver{HR}And search for her as for hid treasures;
 5Then shalt thou apprehend the fear of Jehovah,{HR}And find the knowledge of God.
 6For Jehovah giveth wisdom;{HR}Out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding. (Prov. 2:1‑6)
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Prov. 3:1‑35• 1My son, forget not my teaching,{HR}But let thy heart keep my commandments:
 2For length of days and years of life{HR}And peace shall they add to thee.
 3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:{HR}Bind them about thy neck;{HR}Write them upon the tablet of thy heart;
 4And thou shalt find favour{HR}And good understanding in the sight of God and man.
 5Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,{HR}And lean not unto thine own discernment;
 6In all thy ways acknowledge him,{HR}And he shall make straight thy paths.
 7Be not wise in thine own eyes;{HR}Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil;
 8It shall be health for thy navel,{HR}And moisture for thy bones.
 9Honour Jehovah with thy substance,{HR}And with the first-fruits of all thine increase;
 10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,{HR}And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
 11My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah,{HR}Neither be weary of his chastisement;
 12For whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth,{HR}Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
 13Blessed [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom,{HR}And the man [that] getteth understanding.
 14For the gain thereof [is] better than the gain of silver,{HR}And her revenue than fine gold.
 15She [is] more precious than rubies,{HR}And all the things thou canst desire are not equal to her.
 16Length of days [is] in her right hand,{HR}In her left hand riches and honour.
 17Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness,{HR}And all her paths [are] peace.
 18She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold on her;{HR}And blessed [is] he that retaineth her.
 19Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth;{HR}By understanding he established the heavens.
 20By his knowledge the depths were broken up,{HR}And the skies drop down the dew.
 21My son, let them not depart from thine eyes;{HR}Keep true counsel and discretion:
 22So shall they be life to thy soul,{HR}And grace to thy neck.
 23Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely,{HR}And thy foot shall not stumble.
 24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid,{HR}But thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
 25Be not afraid of sudden fear,{HR}Nor of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh;
 26For Jehovah shall {i}be{/i} thy confidence,{HR}And shall keep thy foot from being taken.
 27Withhold not good from those to whom it is due,{HR}When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
 28Say not unto thy neighbour, Go and come again,{HR}And tomorrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.
 29Devise not evil against thy neighbour,{HR}Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
 30Strive not with a man without cause,{HR}If he have done thee no harm.
 31Envy not the man of violence,{HR}And choose none of his ways.
 32For the perverse [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But his secret [is] with the upright.
 33The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked;{HR}But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
 34He indeed scorneth the scorners;{HR}But he giveth grace to the lowly.
 35The wise shall inherit glory;{HR}But shame shall be the promotion of fools. (Prov. 3:1‑35)
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Prov. 28:24• 24{i}Whoso robbeth his father and his mother, and saith,{HR}It is no transgression,{HR}The same is the companion of a destroyer.{/i} (Prov. 28:24)
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Prov. 19:26• 26He that ruineth a father [and] chaseth away a mother{HR}Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach. (Prov. 19:26)
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Prov. 23:19‑22• 19Thou, my son, hear and be wise,{HR}And direct thy heart in the way.
 20Be not among wine-bibbers,{HR}Among gluttonous eaters of flesh.
 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty,{HR}And drowsiness shall clothe with rags.
 22Hearken unto thy father that begot thee,{HR}And despise not thy mother when she is old. (Prov. 23:19‑22)
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Prov. 29:3,15• 3{i}Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father;{HR}But he that is a companion of harlots destroyeth [his] substance.{/i}
 15{i}The rod and reproof give wisdom;{HR}But a child left [to himself]{HR}Bringeth his mother to shame.{/i} (Prov. 29:3,15)
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Luke 15:13,30• 13And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.
 30But when this thy son, who has devoured thy living with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. (Luke 15:13,30)
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1 Peter 4:3‑4• 3For the past time [is] sufficient to have wrought out the will of the Gentiles, walking as ye had done in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-bibbings, revels, carousings, and unhallowed idolatries;
 4wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] into the same excess of profligacy, speaking injuriously, (1 Peter 4:3‑4)
is a companion of riotous men.
or, feedeth gluttons.
• Great is the joy a father finds when blessed with a careful, faithful son, who seeks to keep the commandments of God and the salutary ordinances of men for the Lord’s sake. He thereby manifests true intelligence. The father of a wild, reckless lad who finds his companions among riotous men, is put to shame by his son’s evil behavior. (“Proverbs Twenty-Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.

W. Kelly Translation

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Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding;{HR}But he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)