Add parallel Print Page Options

19 (A)He who cultivates his ground will be (B)satisfied with food,
But he who pursues empty things will be satisfied with poverty.
20 A (C)faithful man will abound with blessings,
But he who (D)makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.

Read full chapter

19 (A)Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
    but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
    but whoever hastens to be rich (B)will not go unpunished.

Read full chapter

22 A man with an (A)evil eye (B)hurries after wealth
And does not know that want will come upon him.

Read full chapter

22 A (A)stingy man[a] (B)hastens after wealth
    and does not know that (C)poverty will come upon him.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:22 Hebrew A man whose eye is evil

25 An [a]arrogant man (A)stirs up strife,
But he who (B)trusts in Yahweh (C)will [b]be enriched.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:25 Lit broad soul
  2. Proverbs 28:25 Lit be made fat

25 A greedy man (A)stirs up strife,
    but the one who trusts in the Lord will (B)be enriched.

Read full chapter

Keep worthlessness and every false word far from me,
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the (A)food that is my portion,
Lest I be (B)full and deny (C)You and say, “Who is Yahweh?”
Or lest I be (D)impoverished and steal,
And [a](E)profane the name of my God.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:9 Lit take hold of

Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
    give me neither poverty nor riches;
    feed me with the food that is (A)needful for me,
lest I be (B)full and (C)deny you
    and say, (D)“Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
    (E)and profane the name of my God.

Read full chapter