John Gill's Exposition on Proverbs 28:19

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread, etc.] Or, “shall he filled” or “satisfied with bread”f789: shall have bread enough, and to spare; provisions of all sorts, and in great plenty; (see Gill on “<201211>Proverbs 12:11”); but he that followeth, after vain [persons]; empty idle persons; keeps company and spends his time with them, when he should be about the business of his calling: shall have poverty enough; or be “filled with [it]”f790; he shall be exceeding poor, reduced to the utmost distress, be clothed in rags and destitute of daily food.

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