Proverbs 28:19
He that tylleth his lande shall haue plenteousnes of bread: but he that foloweth idle persons, shall haue pouertie inough.
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Proverbs 12:11He that tylleth his lande, shall haue plenteousnesse of bread: but he that foloweth idlenesse is a very foole.
Proverbs 14:4Where no oxen are, there the cribbe is emptie: but much encrease commeth by the toyle of the oxe.
Proverbs 24:34So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man.
Luke 15:12And the younger of them sayde to his father: father, geue me the portion of the goodes, that to me belongeth. And he deuided vnto them his substaunce.
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 →