Proverbs 28:20-28

20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich ¹will not go unpunished.

21 To show ²partiality is not good, but for ³a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

22 A ⁴stingy man^{[a] 5}hastens after wealth and does not know that ⁶poverty will come upon him.

23 Whoever ⁷rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than ⁸he who flatters with his tongue.

24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “That is no transgression, ”is ⁹a companion to a man who destroys.

25 A greedy man ¹⁰stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will ¹¹be enriched.

26 Whoever ¹²trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

27 Whoever ¹³gives to the poor will not want, but he who ¹⁴hides his eyes will get many a curse.

28 When ¹⁵the wicked rise, ¹⁶people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

Proverbs 28:20-28 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. 28:20 ch. 16:5
• 2. 28:21 See ch. 18:5
• 3. 28:21 Ezek. 13:19
• 4. 28:22 See ch. 23:6
• 5. 28:22 [ver. 20]
• 6. 28:22 ch. 22:16
• 7. 28:23 ch. 27:5, 6
• 8. 28:23 ch. 29:5
• 9. 28:24 [ch. 18:9]
• 10. 28:25 See ch. 15:18
• 11. 28:25 ch. 11:25; 13:4
• 12. 28:26 [1 Cor. 3:18]
• 13. 28:27 [ch. 11:24]; See ch. 19:17
• 14. 28:27 [ch. 29:7]
• 15. 28:28 See ver. 12
• 16. 28:28 Job 24:4

Footnotes

• [a] 28:22 Hebrew 'A man whose eye is evil'