18 Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe;
but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food;
but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
20 A faithful man is rich with blessings;
but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
21 To show partiality is not good;
yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
22 A stingy man hurries after riches,
and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
23 One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
than one who flatters with the tongue.
24 Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not wrong.”
He is a partner with a destroyer.
25 One who is greedy stirs up strife;
but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.
26 One who trusts in himself is a fool;
but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
27 One who gives to the poor has no lack;
but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.
28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves;
but when they perish, the righteous thrive.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 28:18-28
Commentary on Proverbs 28:18
(Read Proverbs 28:18)
Uprightness will give men holy security in the worst times; but the false and dishonest are never safe.
Commentary on Proverbs 28:19
(Read Proverbs 28:19)
Those who are diligent, take the way to live comfortably.
Commentary on Proverbs 28:20
(Read Proverbs 28:20)
The true way to be happy, is to be holy and honest; not to raise an estate suddenly, without regard to right or wrong.
Commentary on Proverbs 28:21
(Read Proverbs 28:21)
Judgment is perverted, when any thing but pure right is considered.
Commentary on Proverbs 28:22
(Read Proverbs 28:22)
He that hastens to be rich, never seriously thinks how quickly God may take his wealth from him, and leave him in poverty.
Commentary on Proverbs 28:23
(Read Proverbs 28:23)
Upon reflection, most will have a better opinion of a faithful reprover than of a soothing flatterer.
Commentary on Proverbs 28:24
(Read Proverbs 28:24)
Here is the wickedness of those who think it no sin to rob their parents, by wheedling them or threatening them, or by wasting what they have, and running into debt.
Commentary on Proverbs 28:25
(Read Proverbs 28:25)
Those make themselves always easy, that live in continual dependence upon God and his grace, and live by faith.
Commentary on Proverbs 28:26
(Read Proverbs 28:26)
A fool trusts to his own strength, merit, and righteousness. And trusts to his own heart, which is not only deceitful above all things, but which has often deceived him.
Commentary on Proverbs 28:27
(Read Proverbs 28:27)
A selfish man not only will not look out for objects of compassion, but will look off from those that call for his attention.
Commentary on Proverbs 28:28
(Read Proverbs 28:28)
When power is put into the hands of the wicked, wise men decline public business. If the reader will go diligently over this and the other chapters, in many places where at first he may suppose there is least of Christ, still he will find what will lead to him.