Proverbs 28:7 (BSB)

A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

From Proverbs 28. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 28:7

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 28:7: Note, 1. Religion is true wisdom, and it makes men wise in every relation. He that conscientiously keeps the law is wise, and he will be particularly a wise son, that is, will act discreetly towards his parents, for the law of God teaches him to do so. 2. Bad company is a great hindrance to religion.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 28:7: 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 principle of love, in faith, and with a view to the glory of God, without mercenary and sinister ends.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 28:7: (Compare Pro 17:25). riotous men--or, "gluttons" (Pro 23:20-21).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 28:7: Pro 28:7 7 He who keepeth instruction is a wise son; But he that is a companion of profligates bringeth his father into shame. We have translated תורה at Pro 28:4 by “law;” here it includes the father’s instruction regarding the right way of life. נוצר תּורה, according to the nearest lying syntax, has to be taken as pred.