Proverbs 28:19
He that tilleth his adamah shall have plenty of lechem, 1 but he that chaseth after empty things shall have poverty enough. 1
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Proverbs 12:11He that worketh his adamah shall be satisfied with lechem, 1 but he that chaseth after worthless persons is devoid of lev. + 12:11 of understanding 1
Proverbs 14:4Where no oxen are, the evus (feeding trough) is clean, 1 but much increase is by the ko'ach of the shor (ox). 1
Proverbs 24:34So shall thy poverty come like a prowler; 1 and thy want like an ish mogen (armed warrior).
Luke 15:12And the younger of them said to his Abba, Avi, give to me the share of the estate that falls to me. And his Abba divided his wealth between them.
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 →