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Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 11:4; Proverbs 11:16-18; Proverbs 11:28; Proverbs 13:11; Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 15:27; Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 20:17; Proverbs 20:21; Proverbs 21:5-7; Proverbs 21:14; Proverbs 28:6; Proverbs 28:8; Proverbs 28:20
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17 verses
Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 11:4
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
A kindhearted woman gains respect, but ruthless men gain only wealth.
Proverbs 11:16
- Variant Count: 2 (16%)
A kindhearted woman gains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.
A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
Proverbs 11:17
- Variant Count: 10 (71%)
Those who are kind benefit themselves, but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.
The wicked man earns deceptive wages, but he who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Proverbs 11:18
- Variant Count: 3 (17%)
A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.
Proverbs 11:28
- Variant Count: 5 (27%)
Those who trust in their riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.
Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.
Proverbs 13:11
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth with turmoil.
Proverbs 15:16
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil.
A greedy man brings trouble to his family, but he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 15:27
- Variant Count: 8 (50%)
The greedy bring ruin to their households, but the one who hates bribes will live.
A bribe is a charm to the one who gives it; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
Proverbs 17:8
- Variant Count: 12 (54%)
A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn.
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
Proverbs 20:17
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.
Proverbs 20:21
- Variant Count: 4 (30%)
An inheritance claimed too soon will not be blessed at the end.
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.
Proverbs 21:5
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.
A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.
Proverbs 21:6
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.
The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.
Proverbs 21:7
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.
A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.
Proverbs 21:14
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.
Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
Proverbs 28:6
- Variant Count: 3 (20%)
Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.
He who increases his wealth by exorbitant interest amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.
Proverbs 28:8
- Variant Count: 6 (26%)
Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.
A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 28:20
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.
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