Proverbs 28:19
He that tilleth his ground, shall have plenty of bread, but, he that pursueth empty-heads, shall have plenty of poverty.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
20A man of fidelity, aboundeth in blessings, but, one hasting to be rich, shall not be held innocent.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his land, shall be filled with food, but, he that runneth after worthless men, lacketh sense.
Proverbs 14:4Without cattle, the crib is clean, but, much increase, is in the strength of the ox.
Proverbs 24:34So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.
Luke 15:12And the younger of them said unto the father—Father! give me the share that falleth to me, of what there is. And, he, divided unto them the living.
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 →