Proverbs 28:20 · World English Bible
Proverbs 28:20 Meaning A Faithful Man Is Rich with Blessings
A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
What does Proverbs 28:20 mean?
Faithfulness here is constancy of mind, a steady trust in love that does not waver toward fear, and blessing is simply what such a mind overflows with because it is at peace with what it already is. The abundance is not added from without; it is what a settled mind naturally pours out, having nothing left to protect.
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Faithfulness here is constancy of mind, a steady trust in love that does not waver toward fear, and blessing is simply what such a mind overflows with because it is at peace with what it already is. The abundance is not added from without; it is what a settled mind naturally pours out, having nothing left to protect.
The frantic reach for more tells a different story. Haste of this kind is fear in motion, a mind so sure of its own lack that it grasps, and grasping always carries guilt, because it treats the self as empty and the world as a thing to be seized. The mind that trusts is already full; the mind that hurries confesses, in its very hurry, that it believes itself poor.
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Live Proverbs 28:20 today
- When you feel the urge to check whether the number went up, the sales, the followers, the balance, let it pass once without checking. The hurry is mostly fear asking to be reassured again.
- Today, give someone a bit more of your time or credit than the situation strictly required. Generosity is easiest from a mind that does not believe it is running out.
- When a deadline makes you want to cut a corner, slow down by one deliberate minute and do the piece properly. The haste usually costs more later than the minute costs now.
What am I rushing toward because I am afraid there will not be enough?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching
Muddy water clears when you stop stirring it and leave it alone. Hurry is what keeps it cloudy.
Stoicism · Seneca
No amount of wealth will satisfy a person who feels short, and a person who feels full is rich with almost nothing. Enough is a state of mind, not a sum.
Buddhism
Greed, hatred and delusion are the three fires, and greed burns hottest because it never reports being satisfied. The craving is the poverty, not the lack of the thing.
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