Proverbs 28:25 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁵He 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 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 11:25
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 13:10
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 25)

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 strife, makes mischief, and creates disturbance to himself and every body else.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 25)

25. of a proud heart--literally, “puffed up of soul”--that is, self-confident, and hence overbearing and litigious. made fat--or, “prosperous” (Pr 11:25; 16:20).