Proverbs 28:19

19 He who farms his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows futilities will have plenty of poverty.

Proverbs 28:19 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 28:19

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread
Or, "shall he filled" or "satisfied with bread" ^F19: shall have bread enough, and to spare; provisions of all sorts, and in great plenty; (See Gill on Proverbs 12:11); but he that followeth, after vain [persons];
empty idle persons; keeps company and spends his time with them, when he should be about the business of his calling: shall have poverty enough;
or be "filled with [it]" ^F20; he shall be exceeding poor, reduced to the utmost distress, be clothed in rags and destitute of daily food.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (Mxl ebvy) "saturabitur pane", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus, Schultens.
F20 (ebvy) "satiabitur", Tigurine version, Mercerus, Cocceius, Michaelis; "saturabitur", Pagninus, Montanus, Gejerus, Schultens.

Proverbs 28:19 In-Context

17 Let a man weighed down with anyone's blood flee to a pit; give him no support.

18 Whoever lives blamelessly will be saved, but he whose ways are crooked will fall in one [of those ways].

19 He who farms his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows futilities will have plenty of poverty.

20 A trustworthy person will receive many blessings, but one rushing to get rich will not go unpunished.

21 To show partiality is not good, though a person may do wrong for a crust of bread.