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Proverbs 28:25 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 28 · verse 25
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.Proverbs 28:25 · King James Version
Proverbs 28:25 in context
23He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
25He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- strifemâdôwna contest or quarrelH4066 →
- proudrâchâbroomy, in any direction, literally or figurativelyH7342 →
- heartnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- trustbâṭachfiguratively, to trust, be confident or sureH982 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Note, 1. Those make themselves lean, and continually unquiet, that are haughty and quarrelsome, for they are opposed to those that shall be made fat: He that is of a proud heart, that is conceited of himself and looks with a contempt upon all about him, that cannot bear either competition or contradiction, he stirs up…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary