Proverbs 11:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.”
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“He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 11:28 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 8:12Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
- Job 31:24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
- Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
- Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
- Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
- Psalms 92:12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
- Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
- Jeremiah 17:8He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
- Mark 10:24And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
- Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
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