Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 28:25

25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife : but he that putteth his trust in the LORD , shall be made fat .

Whose property it is to overvalue himself, and to trust to himself and his own Wit, or Wealth, or Strength.

Because he makes it his great business to advance and please himself, and hateth and opposeth all that stand in his way, and despiseth other men, and is very jealous of his honour and impatient of the least slighting, or affront, or injury, and indulgeth his own passions; and therefore shall not be fat, but lean and miserable, as is implyed from the opposite clause.

Which is mentioned as a plain and certain evidence of an humble Man, who is mean and vile in his own Eyes, and therefore trusts not to himself, but to God onely, making God's will, and not his own will, and passion, and interest, the rule of all his actions, and can easily deny himself, and yield to others, all which are excellent preventives of strife.

Shall live happily and comfortably, because he avoids that strife which makes mens lives miserable.

Marginal references: Ch. 13. 10.