Proverbs 28:18-23

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.

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Proverbs 28:18-23 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

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

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

Proverbs 28:18-23

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Proverbs 28:18-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 15

Cross References 9

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