Proverbs 11:28
Those who trust in their riches will fall, 1 but like the leaf, righteous people will flourish. 1
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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 31:24If I have made gold my hope, 1 and if I have said to fine gold, 'You are what I am confident in'; 1
Psalms 49:6Why should I fear those who trust in their wealth 1 and boast about the amount of their riches? 1
Psalms 62:10Do not trust in oppression or robbery; 1 and do not hope uselessly in riches, 1 for they will bear no fruit; do not fix your heart on them. 1
Proverbs 10:15The wealth of a rich man is his fortified city; 1 the poverty of the poor is their destruction. 1
Jeremiah 17:8For he will be like a tree planted by water, its roots will spread out by the stream. 1 It will not fear the heat when it comes, for its leaves are always green. 1 It is not anxious in a year of drought, and it will not stop producing fruit. 1
Luke 12:20But God said to him, 'Foolish man, tonight your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'
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 →