20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be innocent.


In Context

17 A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

18 Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

19 He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that follows after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

22 He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come on him.

Proverbs 28:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:20A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:20A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20A faithful man aboundeth with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.