Proverbs 28:19
He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, shall be filled with pouertie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
18He that walketh vprightly, shalbe saued: but he that is froward in his wayes, shall once fall.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his lande, shalbe satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, is destitute of vnderstanding.
Proverbs 14:4Where none oxen are, there the cribbe is emptie: but much increase cometh by the strength of the oxe.
Proverbs 24:34So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.
Luke 15:12And the yonger of them sayde to his father, Father, giue mee the portion of the goods that falleth to mee. So he deuided vnto them his substance.
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 →