THEOSISProverbs 28:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.
אִ֣ישׁ אֱ֭מוּנוֹת רַב־בְּרָכ֑וֹת וְאָ֥ץ לְ֝הַעֲשִׁ֗יר לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Luke 16:10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little is unjust also in that which is greater.
- Luke 16:12And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
- Prov 13:11Substance got in haste shall be diminished: but that which by little and little is gathered with the hand, shall increase.
- Prov 10:6The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- Prov 28:22A man that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.
- Prov 20:21The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
- Neh 7:2I commanded Hanani my brother, and Hananias ruler of the house of Jerusalem, (for he seemed as a sincere man, and one that feared God above the rest,)
- Rev 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried: and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death: and I will give thee the crown of life.