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John Trapp on Proverbs 28:19

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Proverbs28:19

Verſ. 19. He that tilleth his land ſhall have plenty] At fugiens molam fugit farinam; Men muſt earn it ere they eat it: and not think that bread and other good things will drop out of the clouds to them, as Towns were ſaid to come in to Timotheus his toyls while he ſlept.Plut. in Sylla. See chap. 12.11.

Shall have poverty enough] As the Prodigal had, Luk. 15. and Pythias, who in a bravery entertained Xerxes his whole Army, but was ſo poor at length, that he periſhed through want of meat.

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