Proverbs 28:20-28

20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich ¹will not go unpunished.

21 To show ²partiality is not good, but for ³a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

22 A ⁴stingy man^[a]⁵hastens after wealth and does not know that ⁶poverty will come upon him.

23 Whoever ⁷rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than ⁸he who flatters with his tongue.

24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, "That is no transgression," is ⁹a companion to a man who destroys.

25 A greedy man ¹⁰stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the LORD will ¹¹be enriched.

26 Whoever ¹²trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

27 Whoever ¹³gives to the poor will not want, but he who ¹⁴hides his eyes will get many a curse.

28 When ¹⁵the wicked rise, ¹⁶people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

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Proverbs 28:20-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 15

In this chapter we have a short history of the reign of Abijam, 1Ki 15:1-8 and of Asa, 1Ki 14:9-24, both kings of Judah; and of the reigns of Nadab the son of Jeroboam, and of Baasha, who destroyed his family, both kings of Israel, 1Ki 15:25-34.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 16

1. Proverbs 16:5
2. See Proverbs 18:5
3. Ezekiel 13:19
4. See Proverbs 23:6
5. [ver. 20]
6. Proverbs 22:16
7. Proverbs 27:5, 6
8. Proverbs 29:5
9. [Proverbs 18:9]
10. See Proverbs 15:18
11. Proverbs 11:25; Proverbs 13:4
12. [1 Corinthians 3:18]
13. [Proverbs 11:24]; See Proverbs 19:17
14. [Proverbs 29:7]
15. See ver. 12
16. Job 24:4

Footnotes 1

[a]. Hebrew A man whose eye is evil

The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.

Proverbs 28:20-28

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Proverbs 28:20-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 15

Cross References 16

Footnotes 1