# Proverbs 28.19 **Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 17. A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; Let no man stay him. 18. Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. > > **19. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.** > > 20. A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished. 21. To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread. (Proverbs 28:17-21, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 17. A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him. 18. Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly. > > **19. One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.** > > 20. A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished. 21. To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread. (Proverbs 28:17-21, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 17. A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. 18. Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. > > **19. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.** > > 20. A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. innocent: or, unpunished 21. To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress. (Proverbs 28:17-21, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 17. A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him. 18. Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once. > > **19. Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty.** > > 20. A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted. 21. To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress. (Proverbs 28:17-21, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Kingdom Business](/codex/kingdom-business/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.