Proverbs 8:21

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.”

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BSBPD

“bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 8:21 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 15:14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
  2. 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
  3. Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
  4. Proverbs 1:13We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
  5. Proverbs 6:31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
  6. Proverbs 8:18With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
  7. Proverbs 24:4through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
  8. Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  9. John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  10. Romans 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
  11. Ephesians 3:19of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
  12. Hebrews 10:34You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
  13. 1 Peter 1:4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
  14. Revelation 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.

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