Proverbs 28:25
He that boasteth and puffeth up himself, stirreth up quarrels: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be healed.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
26He that trusteth in his own heart, is a fool: but he that walketh wisely, he shall be saved.
Cross References
Psalms 84:12Truth is sprung out of the earth: and justice hath looked down from heaven.
Proverbs 11:25The soul that blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself.
Proverbs 13:10Among the proud there are always contentions: but they that do all things with counsel, are ruled by wisdom.
Proverbs 15:30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the soul: a good name maketh the bones fat.
Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.
Proverbs 29:25He that feareth man shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:25
24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. As Christ shows the absurdity and wickedness of those children who think it is no duty, in some cases, to maintain their parents ( Matt. xv. 5 ), so Solomon here shows the absurdity and wickedness of those who think it is no sin to rob their parents, either by force or secretly, by wheedling them or threatening them, or by wasting what they have, and (which is no better than robbing them) running… Read the whole commentary →