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To this proverb of the cultivation of the land as the sure source of support, the next following stands related, its contents being cognate:
20 A strong, upright man is enriched with blessings;
But he that hastens to become rich remains not unpunished.
אִישׁ אֱמוּנִים, Pro 20:6, as well as אֱמוּנוֹת 'א, denotes a man bonae fidei; but the former expression refers the description to a constancy and certainty in the relations of favour and of friendship, here to rectitude or integrity in walk and conduct; the plur. refers to the all-sidedness and the ceaselessness of the activity. בְּרָכוֹת is related, as at Pro 10:6 : the idea comprehends blessings on the side of God and of man, thus benedictio rei and benedictio voti. On the contrary, he who, without being careful as to the means, is in haste to become rich, remains not only unblessed, but also is not guiltless, and thus not without punishment; also this לֹא יִנָּקֶה (e.g., Pro 6:29), frequently met in the Mishle, is, like ברכות, the union of two ideas, for generally the bibl. mode of conception and language comprehends in one, sin, guilt, and punishment.