Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man shall be greatly praised. But whoever rushes to become rich will not be innocent.
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2 Kings 5:20And Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, said: “My lord has spared Naaman, this Syrian, by not receiving from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”
Psalms 101:6Before the voice of my groaning, my bone has adhered to my flesh.
Proverbs 10:6The blessing of the Lord is on the head of the just. But iniquity covers the mouth of the impious.
Proverbs 17:5Whoever despises the poor rebukes his Maker. And whoever rejoices in the ruin of another will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 20:21When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing.
Proverbs 28:22A man who hurries to become rich, and who envies others, does not know that destitution will overwhelm him.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:20
19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. Note, 1. Those that are diligent in their callings take the way to live comfortably: He that tills his land, and tends his shop, and minds his business, whatever it is, he shall have plenty of bread, of that which is necessary for himself and his family and with which he may be charitable to the poor; he shall eat the labour of his hands. 2. Those that are idle, and careless, and… Read the whole commentary →