Proverbs 28:25

רְחַב ־ נֶפֶשׁ יְגָרֶה מָדוֹן וּבוֹטֵחַ עַל ־ יְהוָה יְדֻשָּֽׁן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

In Context

24גּוֹזֵל ׀ אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ וְאֹמֵר אֵֽין ־ פָּשַׁע חָבֵר הוּא לְאִישׁ מַשְׁחִֽית ׃

26בּוֹטֵחַ בְּלִבּוֹ הוּא כְסִיל וְהוֹלֵךְ בְּחָכְמָה הוּא יִמָּלֵֽט ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 84:12כִּי שֶׁמֶשׁ ׀ וּמָגֵן יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים חֵן וְכָבוֹד יִתֵּן יְהוָה לֹא יִמְנַע ־ טוֹב לַֽהֹלְכִים בְּתָמִֽים ׃ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אַֽשְׁרֵי אָדָם בֹּטֵחַ בָּֽךְ ׃

Proverbs 11:25נֶֽפֶשׁ ־ בְּרָכָה תְדֻשָּׁן וּמַרְוֶה גַּם ־ הוּא יוֹרֶֽא ׃

Proverbs 13:10רַק ־ בְּזָדוֹן יִתֵּן מַצָּה וְאֶת ־ נוֹעָצִים חָכְמָֽה ׃

Proverbs 15:30מְֽאוֹר ־ עֵינַיִם יְשַׂמַּֽח ־ לֵב שְׁמוּעָה טוֹבָה תְּדַשֶּׁן ־ עָֽצֶם ׃

Proverbs 22:10גָּרֵֽשׁ לֵץ וְיֵצֵא מָדוֹן וְיִשְׁבֹּת דִּין וְקָלֽוֹן ׃

Proverbs 29:25חֶרְדַּת אָדָם יִתֵּן מוֹקֵשׁ וּבוֹטֵחַ בַּיהוָה יְשֻׂגָּֽב ׃

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:25

24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. As Christ shows the absurdity and wickedness of those children who think it is no duty, in some cases, to maintain their parents ( Matt. xv. 5 ), so Solomon here shows the absurdity and wickedness of those who think it is no sin to rob their parents, either by force or secretly, by wheedling them or threatening them, or by wasting what they have, and (which is no better than robbing them) running… Read the whole commentary →

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