Proverbs 28:25 (BSB)

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

From Proverbs 28. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 28:25

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 28:25: Note, 1. Those make themselves lean, and continually unquiet, that are haughty and quarrelsome, for they are opposed to those that shall be made fat: He that is of a proud heart, that is conceited of himself and looks with a contempt upon all about him, that cannot bear either competition or contradiction, he stirs up strife, makes mischief, and creates disturbance to himself and every body else. 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 28:25: He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife,.... Or, of a "large heart" (c), or has an enlarged one; not with useful knowledge and understanding, as Solomon had; nor a heart enlarged with love and affection to the souls of men, as the Apostle Paul had; but either has a covetous one, who enlarges its desire as hell, and is never satisfied with...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 28:25: of a proud heart--literally, "puffed up of soul"--that is, self-confident, and hence overbearing and litigious. made fat--or, "prosperous" (Pro 11:25; Pro 16:20).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 28:25: He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. (m) Will have all things in abundance.