Proverbs 28:19

19 He who tills his ground will have plenty bread, but he who follows fantasies will have plenty [of] 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 person who is burdened with [the] blood of {another}, until death he will flee; do not take hold of him.

18 He who walks in integrity will be safe, but he who takes crooked paths will fall in one.

19 He who tills his ground will have plenty bread, but he who follows fantasies will have plenty [of] poverty.

20 A man of faithfulness [has] abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.

21 {Showing partiality} [is] not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.