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Selected Verse: Proverbs 28:19 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 28:19 |
King James |
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Pro 10:4; Pro 20:4).
vain persons--idle, useless drones, implying that they are also wicked (Pro 12:11; Psa 26:4). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
19 He who cultivateth his land is satisfied with bread,
And he that graspeth after vanities is satisfied with poverty.
A variation of Pro 12:11. The pred. here corresponds to its contrast. On רישׁ (here and at Pro 31:7), instead of the more frequent ראשׁ, cf. Pro 10:4. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He that tilleth his land - See Pro 12:11. |
4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.