PRO 11

Proverbs 11:28

WEB

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

BSB

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

KJV

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Matthew Henry

Verse 28

Proverbs 11:28

Observe, 1. Our riches will fail us when we are in the greatest need: He that trusts in them, as if they would secure him the favour of God and be his protection and portion, shall fall, as a man who lays his weight on a broken reed, which will not only disappoint him, but run into his hand and pierce him. 2. Our righteousness will stand us in stead when our riches fail us: The righteous shall then flourish as a branch, the branch of righteousness, like a tree whose leaf shall not wither, Psa 1:3. Even in death, when riches fail men, the bones of the righteous shall flourish as a herb, Isa 66:14. When those that take root in the world wither those that are grafted into Christ and partake of his root and fatness shall be fruitful and flourishing.

Cross-references: Ps 1:3 · Isa 66:14

Hebrew interlinear

H982

בָּטַחbâṭach/baw-takh'/

v — hie, precipitately, trust, confident, sure

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure

KJV: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.

בָּטַח

vb — trust

בָּטַח vb. trust

Qal

I. trust

II. be confident

Hiph. cause to trust, make secure

H6239

עֹשֶׁרʻôsher/o'-sher/

n-m — wealth

Derivation: from 6238;

wealth

KJV: × far (richer), riches.

עֹ֫שֶׁר

riches

עֹ֫שֶׁר riches

H1931

הוּאhûwʼ/hoo/

p — he, she, it, self, same, this, that, as, are

Derivation: of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; he a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular;

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

KJV: he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

הוּא

m — he

הוּא m. הִיא f., pron. of the 3rd ps. sing. he, she, used also (in both genders) for the neuter it

1. an emph. he (she, it, they), sometimes equivalent to himself (herself, itself, themselves), or (esp. with the art.) that (those)

2. It resumes the subj. with emph.

3. Where, however, the pron. follows the pred., its position gives it the minimum of emphasis, and it expresses (or resumes) the subject as unobtrusively as possible

4. It anticipates (as it seems) the subject

5. As an emph. predicate, of God

6. In a neuter sense, that, it (of an action, occurrence, matte, etc.)

7. With the art.: so regularly when joined to a subst. defined itself by the art.

H5307

נָפַלnâphal/naw-fal'/

v — fall

Derivation: a primitive root;

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

KJV: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (× hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, × surely, throw down.

נָפַל

vb — fall

נָפַל 433 vb. fall, lie

Qal 366

1. fall, by accident

2.

a. Esp. of violent death

b. fig. = go to ruin, perish, etc.

c. fig. = experience calamity

d. fall, of a city

3.

a. Fall prostrate

b. fall = prostrate oneself before

c. fall upon one's neck, in embrace

4.

a. Fall upon = attack

b. desert or fall away to, go over to

5. Fig., of deep sleep

6. Other idiomatic uses

7. = lie; = lie prostrate

Hiph.

1. cause to fall

2. Of causing death; = overthrow, bring to destruction

3. Esp. of casting lot

4. Fig., let drop, cause to fail

5. cause deep sleep to fall

6. Other idioms

Hithp. throw, or prostrate oneself

H5929

עָלֶהʻâleh/aw-leh'/

n-m — leaf, foliage

Derivation: from 5927;

a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage

KJV: branch, leaf.

עָלֶה

n.m — leaf

עָלֶה n.m. leaf, leafage

H6662

צַדִּיקtsaddîyq/tsad-deek'/

a — just

Derivation: from 6663;

just

KJV: just, lawful, righteous (man).

צַדִּיק

adj — just

צַדִּיק 206 adj. just, righteous

H6524

פָּרַחpârach/paw-rakh'/

v — break forth, bloom, spread, fly, flourish

Derivation: a primitive root;

to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish

KJV: × abroad, × abundantly, blossom, break forth (out), bud, flourish, make fly, grow, spread, spring (up).

פָּרַח

vb — bud

פָּרַח vb. bud, sprout, shoot

Qal bud, sprout, send out shoots, of vine

Hiph.

1. cause to bud or sprout

2. shew buds, sprouts, of tree

פָּרַח

vb — break out

פָּרַח vb. break out, of leprosy and like eruptions

פָּרַח

vb — fly

[פָּרַח] vb. fly, Aramaism

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