Proverbs 28:19
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, 1 but whoever follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty. 1
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Proverbs 12:11The one who works his land will have plenty of food, 1 but whoever chases after worthless projects has no sense. 1
Proverbs 14:4Where there are no cattle the feeding trough is clean, 1 but an abundant crop can come by the strength of an ox. 1
Proverbs 24:34and poverty comes marching upon you, 1 and your needs like an armed soldier.
Luke 15:12and the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the portion of the wealth that falls to me.' So he divided his property 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 →