Proverbs 28:19
He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness shall be filled with poverty.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
18He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
20A faithful man shall be much praised: 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 pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.
Proverbs 14:4Where there are no oxen, the crib is empty: but where there is much corn, there the strength of the ox is manifest.
Proverbs 24:34And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.
Luke 15:12And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his substance.
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 →