Proverbs 28:20-22

20 A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

21 To show partiality is not good— yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.

22 The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them.

Proverbs 28:20-22 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. ver 22; Proverbs 10:6; 1 Timothy 6:9
• 2. S Leviticus 19:15
• 3. S Psalms 94:21; S Proverbs 18:5
• 4. Ezekiel 13:19
• 5. ver 20; Proverbs 23:6