Proverbs 28:19

19 He that tills his land shall be filled with bread, but he that follows after vain persons shall be filled with poverty.

Proverbs 28:19 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 28:19

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread
Or, "shall he filled" or "satisfied with bread" ^F19: shall have bread enough, and to spare; provisions of all sorts, and in great plenty; (See Gill on Proverbs 12:11); but he that followeth, after vain [persons];
empty idle persons; keeps company and spends his time with them, when he should be about the business of his calling: shall have poverty enough;
or be "filled with [it]" ^F20; he shall be exceeding poor, reduced to the utmost distress, be clothed in rags and destitute of daily food.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (Mxl ebvy) "saturabitur pane", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus, Schultens.
F20 (ebvy) "satiabitur", Tigurine version, Mercerus, Cocceius, Michaelis; "saturabitur", Pagninus, Montanus, Gejerus, Schultens.

Proverbs 28:19 In-Context

17 A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee all the way to the grave, and no one shall sustain him.

18 Whosoever walks in integrity shall be saved, but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall into one of them.

19 He that tills his land shall be filled with bread, but he that follows after vain persons shall be filled with poverty.

20 The man of truth shall abound with blessings, but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be absolved.

21 To have respect of persons in judgment is not good; even for a piece of bread, man will transgress.