Proverbs 28:17-27

17 If one is burdened with ¹the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death;^[a] let no one help him.

18 ²Whoever ³walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.

19 ⁴Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich ⁵will not go unpunished.

21 To show ⁶partiality is not good, but for ⁷a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

22 A ⁸stingy man^[b]9hastens after wealth and does not know that ¹⁰poverty will come upon him.

23 Whoever ¹¹rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than ¹²he who flatters with his tongue.

24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, "That is no transgression," is ¹³a companion to a man who destroys.

25 A greedy man ¹⁴stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the LORD will ¹⁵be enriched.

26 Whoever ¹⁶trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

27 Whoever ¹⁷gives to the poor will not want, but he who ¹⁸hides his eyes will get many a curse.

Proverbs 28:17-27 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.

Cross References

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew until the pit
• [b]. Hebrew A man whose eye is evil