Focused Passage

Proverbs 11:28

Integrity, Righteousness, and Community Life Under the LORD's Moral Order

The chapter moves through practical arenas of righteousness: commerce, humility, integrity, death and hope, speech, civic life, guidance, mercy, desire, generosity, household stewardship, and final moral recompense.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

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Verse 28

Original words

He who trusts בּוֹטֵ֣חַ H982 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular in his riches בְּ֭עָשְׁרוֹ H6239 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular . . . ה֣וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular will fall יִפֹּ֑ל H5307 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular but the righteous צַדִּיקִ֥ים H6662 Adjective - masculine plural will thrive יִפְרָֽחוּ׃ H6524 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural like foliage וְ֝כֶעָלֶ֗ה H5929 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular

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