Proverbs 11:28
Whoever trusts in his riches will fall. But the just shall spring up like a green leaf.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
In Context
29Whoever troubles his own house will possess the winds. And whoever is foolish will serve the wise.
Cross References
Job 31:24If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold ‘my Trust;’
Psalms 49:6And the heavens will announce his justice. For God is the judge.
Psalms 62:10Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth.
Proverbs 10:15The substance of the rich is the city of his strength. The fear of the poor is their destitution.
Jeremiah 17:8And he will be like a tree planted beside waters, which sends out its roots to moist soil. And it will not fear when the heat arrives. And its leaves will be green. And in the time of drought, it will not be anxious, nor will it cease at any time to bear fruit.
Luke 12:20But God said to him: ‘Foolish one, this very night they require your soul of you. To whom, then, will those things belong, which you have prepared?’
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:28
The Folly and Misery of Sinners. 27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. Observe, 1. Those that are industrious to do good in the world get themselves beloved both with God and man: He that rises early to that which is good (so the word is), that seeks opportunities of serving his friends and relieving the poor, and lays out himself therein, procures favour. All about him love him, and speak well of him, and will be ready to do him a kindness; and,… Read the whole commentary →