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Proverbs 28:19

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19 1Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
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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.

FOOTNOTES:

F19 (Mxl ebvy) "saturabitur pane", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus, Schultens.
F20 (ebvy) "satiabitur", Tigurine version, Mercerus, Cocceius, Michaelis; "saturabitur", Pagninus, Montanus, Gejerus, Schultens.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Proverbs 28:19 In-Context

17 If one is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.
18 Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.
19 Whoever 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 will not go unpunished.
21 To show partiality is not good, but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

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