Hard work and finding favor.
v.19 Work hard. Work (your land) hard and you will be satisfied with food. But if you chase after daydreams you will find your fill of poverty (and go hungry). See 12:11, 20:13.
v.20 Wealth. Earn your wealth ethically with hard work and you will be blessed. Trying to get rich quick will result in ruin and punishment. Don't be in a hurry to acquire wealth.
v.21 Partiality. The proverb cautions against showing partiality, indicating that for a small bribe a man will do wrong (i.e., show partiality). Rendering a wrong verdict based on a bribe seems to be in view.
v.22 Greed. Stingy, greedy people try to get rich quick, not realizing that they are headed for poverty (v.20). The idea of getting rich quick implies that it is done through some dishonest means.
v.23 A good rebuke. Paradoxically, when you rebuke a man (honest criticism) you will afterward find more favor than the one who only flatters with words.
v.24 Parent robbery. If you rob father and mother (claiming no wrong done) you are a companion of one who destroys (the family). Don't try to get all of the inheritance for yourself.
Read Proverbs 28:19-24
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Proverbs 28:19-24
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