Proverbs 11:28

“(Compare Pro 10:15; Psa 49:6; Ti1 6:17). righteous . . . branch-- (Psa 1:3; Jer 17:8).”

“Branch - Better, leaf, as in Psalms 1:3; Isaiah 34:4. return to 'Top of Page'”

“11:28 Money can be a blessing from God, but it is uncertain. The godly trust in God and flourish (see Ps 1).”

“that: Pro 10:15; Deu 8:12-14; Job 31:24, Job 31:25; Psa 52:7, Psa 62:10; Mar 10:24; Luk 12:20; Ti1 6:17 but: Psa 1:3, Psa 52:8, Psa 92:12-14; Isa 60:21; Jer 17:8 Proverbs 11:29”

“28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall, And the righteous shall flourish like the green leaf. יפּול (plene after the Masora) as well as the figure וכעלה (cf. for the punctuation וכעשׁן, Pro 10:26) are singular, but are understood if one observes that in 28a a withered tree, and in 28b a tree with leaves ever green, hovers before the imagination of the poet (cf. Psa 1:4; Jer 17:8). The proud rich man, who on the ground of his riches appears to himself to be free from danger, goes on to his ruin (יפול as Pro 11:5, and frequently in the Book of Proverbs), while on the contrary the righteous continues to flourish like the leaf - they thus resemble the trees which perennially continue to…”