Proverbs 28:25

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

Proverbs 28:25 (NKJV)

The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the Lord will prosper.

Proverbs 28:25 (NIV)

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

Proverbs 28:25 (KJV)

Greed causes fighting; trusting the Lord leads to prosperity.

Proverbs 28:25 (NLT)

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

Proverbs 28:25 (ESV)

An arrogant person stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will prosper.

Proverbs 28:25 (NASB)

Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.lockman.org

A greedy and covetous man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will be blessed and prosper.

Proverbs 28:25 (AMP)

Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified® Bible (AMP), Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.lockman.org

He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in the Lord shall be enriched and blessed.

Proverbs 28:25 (AMPC)

Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified® Bible (AMPC), Copyright © 1954, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.lockman.org

A grasping person stirs up trouble, but trust in God brings a sense of well-being.

Proverbs 28:25 (MSG)

Scripture quotations from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers.

New Covenant Meaning

Pride Stirs Strife Because It Has No Source Outside Itself

The Hebrew phrase behind "proud heart" (gobe leb) pictures a heart that is lifted up, inflated, puffed out. A heart in that condition has to fight to get what it needs because it has cut itself off from the only true source of supply. Proud self-reliance does not produce abundance. It produces conflict. You stir up strife when you are convinced that what you have must be taken, defended, and secured by your own strength. That is the fruit of a heart with no anchor outside itself.

Dasha: Prospering That Looks Like Being Made Fat

The Hebrew word translated "prospered" is dasha, which means to be made fat, to be drenched, to flourish with abundance the way a well-watered plant flourishes. The KJV renders it "shall be made fat" because that is the literal picture. This is not lean survival. This is the kind of thriving where there is more than enough. In Romans 8:32, Paul establishes the logic of the New Covenant: He who did not spare His own Son will how much more give us all things. The God who gave His Son is not a God of scarcity. Trust draws from a source that produces dasha.

Trust in the New Covenant is not a passive shrug. It is the active posture of a heart that knows where its supply comes from and draws from that source rather than its own striving. You are not trusting in a vague hope. You are trusting in the God who already proved His commitment at the cross. That settled trust is the ground from which flourishing grows.

Application for Your Life

Where You Are Striving, You Are Not Yet Trusting

Strife is the signature of self-reliance. When you notice yourself in conflict over resources, recognition, or position, that is worth paying attention to. Not as condemnation but as information: somewhere underneath that striving is a heart that has not yet settled into its source. The invitation is not to try harder to be humble. It is to return to the settled knowledge of who your Provider actually is and what He has already done.

Prosperity Is the Fruit of a Settled Heart, Not a Striving One

Dasha, the flourishing of Proverbs 28:25, is not the result of fighting your way to the top. It is the result of trusting the God who has already gone before you. In Christ, you have been given every spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1:3). You are not trying to earn a place at the table. You already have one. Prospering flows naturally from a heart that knows this and rests in it rather than scrambling to secure what it already has.

Prayer Based on This Verse

Father, I acknowledge that every time I strive and scramble and fight for what I need, I am acting as though You are not enough. You are enough. You gave Your own Son for me, and in Him You have given me all things. I choose today to trust You not as a theory but as my actual source. Produce in me the flourishing that comes from a heart anchored in You. Let dasha be my experience, not because I strived for it but because I drew from You. Thank You that You are the God who prospers the trusting heart. In Jesus' name. Amen.