The greedy person ¹  stirs up dissension, ²  but the one who trusts ³  in the Lord will prosper. ⁴ 

biblegateway Pro 28:25

An arrogant man stirs up strife, But he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

A greedy person provokes conflict, but whoever trusts in the LORD will prosper.

A greedy person stirs up a fight, but whoever trusts the LORD prospers.

biblegateway Pro 28:25

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

A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the LORD will be enriched.

bibleoremus Pro 28:25

The greedy person stirs up strife, but whoever trusts in the LORD will be enriched.

A grasping person provokes quarrels, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

biblegateway Pro 28:25

He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, But he who trusts in the LORD will be prospered.

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

biblegateway Pro 28:25

The greedy person ¹  stirs up dissension, ²  but the one who trusts ³  in the Lord will prosper. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “wide of soul.” This is an idiom meaning “a greedy person.” The term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, traditionally, “soul”) has here its more basic meaning of appetites (a person is a soul, a bundle of appetites; BDB 660 s.v. 5.a). It would mean “wide of appetite” (רְהַב־נֶפֶשׁ), thus “greedy.”

² sn Greed “stirs up” the strife. This individual’s attitude and actions stir up dissension because people do not long tolerate him.

³ tn The construction uses the participle בּוֹטֵחַ (boteakh) followed by עַל־יְהוָה (’al-yÿhvah), which gives the sense of “relying confidently on the Lord.” This is the antithesis of the greedy person who pushes to get what he desires.

⁴ tn The verb דָּשֵׁן (dashen) means “to be fat,” and in the Piel/Pual stems “to make fat/to be made fat” (cf. KJV, ASV). The idea of being “fat” was symbolic of health and prosperity – the one who trusts in the Lord will be abundantly prosperous and fully gratified (cf. NRSV “will be enriched”).