Proverbs 28:18-28

18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.[a]
19 Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.
20 A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.
21 To show partiality is not good— yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.
22 The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them.
23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor rather than one who has a flattering tongue.
24 Whoever robs their father or mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is partner to one who destroys.
25 The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the LORD will prosper.
26 Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.
27 Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.
28 When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding; but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.

Cross References 18

  • 1. Jeremiah 39:18
  • 2. S Esther 6:13; Proverbs 10:9
  • 3. Proverbs 12:11
  • 4. ver 22; Proverbs 10:6; 1 Timothy 6:9
  • 5. S Leviticus 19:15
  • 6. S Psalms 94:21; S Proverbs 18:5
  • 7. Ezekiel 13:19
  • 8. ver 20; Proverbs 23:6
  • 9. S Proverbs 27:5-6
  • 10. Proverbs 19:26
  • 11. S Proverbs 18:9
  • 12. S Proverbs 14:17
  • 13. Proverbs 29:25
  • 14. S Psalms 4:5; Proverbs 3:5
  • 15. 1 Corinthians 3:18
  • 16. S Deuteronomy 15:7; Deuteronomy 24:19; S Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 22:9
  • 17. S Psalms 109:17
  • 18. S ver 12; S Job 20:19

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew "into one"
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