King James Version
Proverbs 28:20 in the King James Version says “A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. innocent: or, unp...” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. innocent: or, unpunished”
Proverbs 28:20 · KJV
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. innocent: or, unpunished
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. hasteth: or, hath and evil eye hasteth to be rich
KJV Study — Public Domain
“man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“to be rich”
H6238properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“shall not be innocent”
H5352to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e., extirpated
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