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Proverbs 28:20

You can trust the first man. So pay him well! Christians should behave like this man. Other people should be able to trust a Christian.

But the second man only wants your money. He wants the money, but he does not care about the work. So he is not careful. He does not do the job well. And he does not deserve the money. Instead, he deserves a punishment.

As Christians, we should not love money (1 Timothy 6:10). And we should not love our possessions. We should love God. And we should love to do the right things.

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See also Proverbs 28:20 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 28:20. _HE THAT MAKETH HASTE TO BE RICH_] See Proverbs 13:11; Proverbs 20:21....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Not the possession of wealth, nor even the acquisition of it, is evil, but the eager haste of covetousness. SHALL NOT BE INNOCENT - Better, as in the margin, in contrast with the many “blessings” of...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 28 WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The wicked is a coward; the righteous man, because he trusteth in the Lord and knows the Lord is on his side, is as bold as a lion. It is the conscience...

  • 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 renderings are...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOT BE INNOCENT. not go unpunished....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _faithful_ i.e., as the second clause shews, one who puts fidelity above gain. Comp. Psalms 15:4. _innocent_ Rather, UNPUNISHED, A.V. marg. and R.V. οὐκ ἀτιμώρητος ἔσται, LXX....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 818 THE PORTION OF THE FAITHFUL MAN Proverbs 28:20. _A faithful man shall abound with blessings_. ST. PAUL has told us, that “the love of money is the root of all evil: and that many, whil...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 28:19-28 19. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. 20. A faithful man shall abound with blessings;...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. A FAITHFUL (SINCERE AND HONEST) MAN SHALL ABOUND WITH BLESSINGS - prayed in his behalf by num...

  • 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....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    A FAITHFUL MAN, who is true to God and man, “shall abound with blessings” from God and man. Comp. Job’s description of his own blameless life and the blessings attending it (Job 29)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אִ֣ישׁ אֱ֭מוּנֹות רַב ־בְּרָכֹ֑ות וְ אָ֥ץ לְ֝

  • 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 feareth a...

  • 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 un...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Innocent. Unpunished, if he employ fraud, ver. 22., and chap. xiii. 21._...

  • 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 day...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    A FAITHFUL MAN SHALL ABOUND WITH BLESSINGS,.... Or, "a man of faithfulness" u. A very faithful man, that is truly so; that is so in a moral sense; true to his work, makes good his promises, fulfils hi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent._ Ver. 20. _A faithful man shall abound in blessings._] God will bless him, and all that bless h...

  • 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 abound with...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A faithful man, one using the strictest fidelity and uprightness in all his dealings, SHALL ABOUND WITH BLESSINGS, given to him by the Lord in recognition of his faithful conduct; BUT HE THAT MAKETH H...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ADVANTAGES OF INTEGRITY...

  • Leslie 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 by...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    INNOCENT: Or, unpunished...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    A FAITHFUL MAN, Heb. _a man of truth_, or _truths_, who deals truly and justly in all his bargains and transactions with men. THAT MAKETH HASTE; more than God alloweth him; that taketh the nearest and...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 28:20 faithful H530 man H376 abound H7227 blessings H1293 hastens H213 (H8801) rich H6238 (H8687) unpunis

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: True religion is true wisdom, making men wise in every relation. Those who make conscience of God's law will find a security in the...

  • 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 it w...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent._ HASTE TO BE RICH Nowhere does the Bible denounce riches. It tells men very plainly what the dangers are. It denounces very strongly the conduc...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:19 These proverbs all concern the desire to secure wealth and favor for oneself. They condemn get-rich-quick schemes (vv. Proverbs 28:19,...

  • The 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. First clause...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 sinn...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Twenty-eight: The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are as bold as a lion (Proverbs 28:1). The contrast of the wicked and the righteous. We had an awful lot of that early in the pr...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Samuel 22:14; 1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:9;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    DIVINE CONTRASTS Proverbs 28:1 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. A CONTRAS...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Faithful — Who deals truly and justly in all his transactions....

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