OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 7

Proverbs 28:7

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Whoever keeps the law is a wise son;

but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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Proverbs 28:4–10

4

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked;

but those who keep the law contend with them.

5

Evil men don’t understand justice;

but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.

6

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity

than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

7
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Whoever keeps the law is a wise son;

but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

8

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest

gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

9

He who turns away his ear from hearing the law,

even his prayer is an abomination.

10

Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way,

he will fall into his own trap;

but the blameless will inherit good.

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