Proverbs 28:21-28

21 To show ¹partiality is not good, but for ²a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

22 A ³stingy man^[a]4hastens after wealth and does not know that ⁵poverty will come upon him.

23 Whoever ⁶rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than ⁷he who flatters with his tongue.

24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, "That is no transgression," is ⁸a companion to a man who destroys.

25 A greedy man ⁹stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the LORD will ¹⁰be enriched.

26 Whoever ¹¹trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

27 Whoever ¹²gives to the poor will not want, but he who ¹³hides his eyes will get many a curse.

28 When ¹⁴the wicked rise, ¹⁵people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

Proverbs 28:21-28 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. See Proverbs 18:5
• 2. Ezekiel 13:19
• 3. See Proverbs 23:6
• 4. [ver. 20]
• 5. Proverbs 22:16
• 6. Proverbs 27:5, 6
• 7. Proverbs 29:5
• 8. [Proverbs 18:9]
• 9. See Proverbs 15:18
• 10. Proverbs 11:25; Proverbs 13:4
• 11. [1 Corinthians 3:18]
• 12. [Proverbs 11:24]; See Proverbs 19:17
• 13. [Proverbs 29:7]
• 14. See ver. 12
• 15. Job 24:4

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew A man whose eye is evil