John Gill Commentary Proverbs 28:19

"He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough." — Proverbs 28:19 (ASV)

He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread
Or, "shall he filled" or "satisfied with bread" ^F19 : shall have bread enough, and to spare; provisions of all sorts, and in great plenty; (See Gill on Proverbs 12:11); but he that follows, 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]" ^F20 ; he shall be exceeding poor, reduced to the utmost distress, be clothed in rags and destitute of daily food.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F19: (Mxl ebvy) "saturabitur pane", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus, Schultens.
• F20: (ebvy) "satiabitur", Tigurine version, Mercerus, Cocceius, Michaelis; "saturabitur", Pagninus, Montanus, Gejerus, Schultens.