Proverbs 28:19-28

19 ¹Whoever 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 ²will not go unpunished.

21 To show ³partiality is not good, but for ⁴a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

22 A ⁵stingy man^[a]6hastens after wealth and does not know that ⁷poverty will come upon him.

23 Whoever ⁸rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than ⁹he who flatters with his tongue.

24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, "That is no transgression," is ¹⁰a companion to a man who destroys.

25 A greedy man ¹¹stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the LORD will ¹²be enriched.

26 Whoever ¹³trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

27 Whoever ¹⁴gives to the poor will not want, but he who ¹⁵hides his eyes will get many a curse.

28 When ¹⁶the wicked rise, ¹⁷people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

Proverbs 28:19-28 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.

Cross References

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew A man whose eye is evil