Proverbs 28:7
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
זָלַל
zâlal
to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
כָּלַם
kâlam
properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּלַם kâlam
properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
Study H3637 →זָלַל zâlal
to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal
Study H2151 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →בֵּן bên
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 father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
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.
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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