Proverbs 11:28
Those who trust in their money will disappear like the withered leaves that fall from the trees, but righteous people will keep going strong, like green leaves in the summer.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
In Context
Cross References
Job 31:24“If it were true that I trusted in my gold/money [DOU],
Psalms 49:6by evil men who trust that things will always go well for them because they are wealthy, and who boast about being very rich.
Psalms 62:10Do not trust in money gained by extorting it from others; do not try to gain anything by robbing others. If you become very wealthy, do not trust in [IDM] your money.
Proverbs 10:15The wealth that rich people have protects them like a city is protected by a strong wall around it [MET], but people who are poor suffer much because they have no one to help them.
Jeremiah 17:8Those people are like [SIM] fruit trees that have been planted along a riverbank, trees that have roots that go down into the wet ground beside the water. They are trees whose leaves remain green when it becomes hot, trees that continue to bear fruit when there are many months in which there is no rain.
Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Tonight you will die! ◄Then all the goods you have saved up for yourself will belong to someone else, not to you!/Do you think that you will benefit from all that you have stored up for yourself?► [RHQ]’”
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 →