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NASB | Proverbs 28:7 He who keeps the law is a discerning son, But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 28:7 He who keeps the law [of God and man] is a wise and discerning son, But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father [and himself]. |
Bible Question:
God our Father gives us tips on what kind of friends to make or not to. Proverbs 13:20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. Proverbs 20:19 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler. Proverbs 22:24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man. Proverbs 23:20 Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat. Proverbs 24:21 My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise. Proverbs 29:3 He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth. But then, He advises us not to make friend with gluttons. Proverbs 28:7 The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father. Statistics shows that today 78 million American adults (children excluded) are obese (e.g., A 5-feet-5 man is obese if the weight is over 180 lbs; severely obese with 240 lbs). So, being away from gluttons is a practically very serious issue. What is wrong with gluttons (who naturally end up as obese persons, not necessarily vice versa by genetic reason or illness)? Why does Our Father keep us from making friends with gluttons? |
Bible Answer: The Hebrew word glutton or gluttonous is translated from the word Zalal see below. I think this definition should pretty much answer your question. Zalal means "to be thoughtless" or "to despise." In a secondary root, the verb can mean "to quake." The verb occurs ten times in the Hebrew Bible. In four occurrences, gluttony is the act described, "Be not among winebibbers, or among gluttonous eaters of meat; for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty" (Prov. 23:20f; cf. Deut. 21:20; Prov. 28:7). In two occurrences in Lam. 1, the meaning of the verb is "despised." Jeremiah instructed the Judahites to "utter what is precious," and not what is "worthless." Judges 5:5 and Isa. 64 both employ the secondary root which means "to quake." Both references speak of mountains quaking because of God's judgment. BDB 272-73, KB 1:272, Strong H2151, TWOT 1:243-44.Complete Biblical Library Hebrew-English Dictionary - The Complete Biblical Library Hebrew-English Dictionary – Gimel-Zayin. |
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