Proverbs 28:18-28

18 ¹Whoever ²walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.

19 ³Whoever 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 ⁴will not go unpunished.

21 To show ⁵partiality is not good, but for ⁶a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

22 A ⁷stingy man^[a]8hastens after wealth and does not know that ⁹poverty will come upon him.

23 Whoever ¹⁰rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than ¹¹he who flatters with his tongue.

24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, "That is no transgression," is ¹²a companion to a man who destroys.

25 A greedy man ¹³stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the LORD will ¹⁴be enriched.

26 Whoever ¹⁵trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

27 Whoever ¹⁶gives to the poor will not want, but he who ¹⁷hides his eyes will get many a curse.

28 When ¹⁸the wicked rise, ¹⁹people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew A man whose eye is evil