Proverbs 28:19
One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
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In Context
18Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
20A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:11He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
Proverbs 14:4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Proverbs 24:34so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
Luke 15:12The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ So he divided his livelihood 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 →