Proverbs 28:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. ”

• Proverbs 28:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Second Division, Proverbs 28 f. In general character this division resembles Section II., consisting chiefly of antithetic couplets. Proverbs 28:2 b. The text is uncertain, and various render...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  vain: or vanities. poverty. Not the same word as Proverbs 28:22 . Hebrew. rush, as in Proverbs 28:3 .

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. He that tilleth his land - See Proverbs 12:11 .

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. Proverbs 12:11 , note. The follower of "vain persons," instead of "ple...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Observations relating chiefly to Social Life 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15.

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread. — The curse of Genesis 3:17-19 being, in God’s mercy, turned into a blessing.

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that fear...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 28:2 . "The transgression of a land" must be understood as the opposite of the "state shall be prolonged." Then the proverb means that a multiplicity of princes is an evil, but men of...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his da...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread ,.... Or, "shall he filled" or "satisfied with bread" s: shall have bread enough, and to spare; provisions of all sorts, and in great plenty; Pr...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough. Ver. 19. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty. ] At fugiens molam...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  He that tilleth , &c. See note on Proverbs 12:11 . A faithful man Hebrew, אישׁ אמונות, a man of truths , who deals truly and justly in all his bargains and transactions with men; shall abou...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  IF we HAVE SEEN in chapter 27 the blessing of God and refuge in the sanctuary, chapter 28, a fourth section. brings our feet abruptly back to the wilderness path, where walk and ways must be tested b...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.       Note, 1. Those that are diligent in their callings take...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  That followeth after vain persons; choosing their company, and imitating their example; who gives up himself to vanity and idleness, and so is fitly opposed to the diligent man in the former clause...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 28:16 . Ewald, Zöckler, Delitzsch, and others read this verse, “O prince devoid of understanding, he that hateth unjust gain continueth long .” Proverbs 28:17 . Fi...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 28:2 . By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged. Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham's time i...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the...

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• Proverbs 28:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Advantages of Integrity

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Judges 9:4 ; Luke 15:12-17 ; Proverbs 12:11 ; Proverbs 13:20 ; Proverbs 14:4 ; Proverbs 23:20 ; Proverbs 23:21 ; Proverbs 27:23-27

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• Proverbs 28:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Divine Contrasts Proverbs 28:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have another one of Solomon's messages which God gave to him. We will bring out several statements in the beginning of the chapter. 1....

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