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


In Context

17 A man tormented by the guilt of murder will be a fugitive till death; let no one support him.

18 He whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but he whose ways are perverse will suddenly fall.

19 He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

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

21 To show partiality is not good- yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

22 A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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