Proverbs 28:19
He who tilleth his land shall have bread enough; And he that followeth after worthless persons shall have poverty enough.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18He who walketh uprightly shall be safe; But he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:11He who tilleth his own land shall be satisfied with bread; But he who followeth worthless persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 14:4Where there are no oxen, the crib is clean; But there is great increase by the strength of the ox.
Proverbs 24:34So shall poverty come upon thee like a highwayman; Yea, want like an armed man.
Luke 15:12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of the property that falleth to me. And he divided to them his living.
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 →