Proverbs 28:19
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless shall have poverty enough.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20A faithful man aboundeth with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.
Proverbs 14:4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Proverbs 24:34So shall thy poverty come [as] a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
Luke 15:12and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property that falls [to me]. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:19
18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. Note, 1. Those that are honest are always safe. He that acts with sincerity, that speaks as he thinks, has a single eye, in every thing, to the glory of God and the good of his brethren, that would not, for a world, do an unjust thing if he knew it, that in all manner of conversation walks uprightly, he shall be saved hereafter. We find a glorious company of those in whose mouth was found no guile, Rev. xiv. 5 . They… Read the whole commentary →