Proverbs 28:20
WEB
A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
BSB
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
KJV
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H376
n-m — man
Derivation: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);
a 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)
KJV: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
n.m — man
אִישׁ 2166 n.m. man (= vir)
H530
n-f — firmness, security, fidelity
Derivation: or (shortened) אֱמֻנָה; feminine of 529;
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
KJV: faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
n.f — firmness
אֱמוּנָה n.f. firmness, steadfastness, fidelity
1. lit. firmness, steadiness
2. steadfastness
3. faithfulness, trust
H7227
a n-m — abundant
Derivation: by contracted from 7231;
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
n.m — chief
רַב 49 n.m. chief
adj — much
רַב 429 adj. much, many, great
1. (oft. opp. מְעַט)
a.
(1). much: of substances
(2). esp. of collectives, numerous
b. pl. many
c. רַב as subst. coll. pers.
d. cstr. = abounding in
e. מִן comp. = more numerous than
f. רַב = abundant, enough
g. as adv. much, exceedingly
2. less oft. great
H1293
n-f — benediction, prosperity
Derivation: from 1288;
benediction; by implication prosperity
KJV: blessing, liberal, pool, present.
n.f — blessing
בְּרָכָה n.f. blessing
1. blessing
2. source of blessing
3. blessing, prosperity
4. blessing, praise of God
5. a gift, present
6. treaty of peace
H213
v — press, be close, hurry, withdraw
Derivation: a primitive root;
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
KJV: (make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.
vb — press
[אוּץ] vb. press, be pressed, make haste
Qal
1. press, hasten
2. (intr.) be pressed, confined, narrow
3. hasten, make haste
Hiph. hasten
H6238
v — accumulate, grow, make, rich
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
KJV: be(-come, en-, make, make self, wax) rich, make (1 Kings 22:48 marg). See 6240.
vb — be rich
[עָשַׁר] vb. be or become rich
Qal I have become rich
Hiph.
1. make rich
2. gain riches
Hithp. one enriching himself.
H3808
adv — not, no
Derivation: or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
KJV: × before, or else, ere, except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, surely, as truly as, of a truth, verily, for want, whether, without.
adv — not
לֹא or לוֹא adv. not
H5352
v — be, make, clean, be bare, extirpated
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
KJV: acquit × at all, × altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, × by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, × utterly, × wholly.
vb — be empty
[נָקָה] vb. be empty(?), clean
Qal Inf. Abs.
Niph.
1. be cleaned out
2. be clean, free from guilt, innocent
3. be free, exempt from punishment
4. free, exempt from obligation
Pi.
1. hold innocent, acquit
2. leave unpunished
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Verse 20
Proverbs 28:20
Here, 1. We are directed in the true way to be happy, and that is to be holy and honest. He that is faithful to God and man shall be blessed of the Lord, and he shall abound with blessings of the upper and nether springs. Men shall praise him, and pray for him, and be ready to do him any kindness. He shall abound in doing good, and shall himself be a blessing to the place where he lives. Usefulness shall be the reward of faithfulness, and it is a good reward. 2. We are cautioned against a false and deceitful way to happiness, and that is, right or wrong, raising an estate suddenly. Say not, This is the way to abound with blessings, for he that makes haste to be rich, more haste than good speed, shall not be innocent; and, if he be not, he shall not be blessed of God, but rather bring a curse upon what he has; nor, if he be not innocent, can he long be easy to himself; he shall not be accounted innocent by his neighbours, but shall have their ill will and ill word. He does not say that he cannot be innocent, but there is all the probability in the world that he will not prove so: He that hasteth with his feet sinneth, stumbleth, falleth. Sed quae reverentia legum, quis metus, aut pudor, est unquam properantis avari? - What reverence for law, what fear, what shame, was ever indicated by an avaricious man hasting to be rich?