Proverbs 28:21-28

21 Showing partiality is not good, because some people will turn on you even for a piece of bread.

22 A stingy person is in a hurry to get rich, not realizing that poverty is about to overtake him.

23 Whoever criticizes people will be more highly regarded in the future than the one who flatters with his tongue.

24 The one who robs his father or his mother and says, "It isn't wrong!" is a companion to a vandal.

25 A greedy person stirs up a fight, but whoever trusts the LORD prospers.

26 Whoever trusts his own heart is a fool. Whoever walks in wisdom will survive.

27 Whoever gives to the poor lacks nothing. Whoever ignores the poor receives many curses.

28 When wicked people rise, people hide. When they die, righteous people increase.

Proverbs 28:21-28 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.