Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, May 5th, 2024
the <>Sixth Sunday after Easter
the <>Sixth Sunday after Easter
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Study Desk
Parallel Search
Passage Lookup: Proverbs 3:9-10; Proverbs 10:15; Proverbs 11:4; Proverbs 11:28; Proverbs 13:8; Proverbs 14:20; Proverbs 14:24; Proverbs 15:16-17; Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 18:11; Proverbs 18:23; Proverbs 19:4; Proverbs 19:6-7; Proverbs 22:2; Proverbs 22:7; Proverbs 23:4-5; Proverbs 27:7; Proverbs 28:6; Proverbs 28:8; Proverbs 28:11; Proverbs 28:20-22
- General
- Interlinear
- Parallel
- Proximity
27 verses • Page 1 of 2
Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;
Proverbs 3:9
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;
then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Proverbs 3:10
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Proverbs 10:15
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
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.
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.
A man's riches may ransom his life, but a poor man hears no threat.
Proverbs 13:8
- Variant Count: 9 (56%)
A person's riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.
The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
Proverbs 14:20
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly.
Proverbs 14:24
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly.
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.
Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.
Proverbs 15:17
- Variant Count: 3 (20%)
Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred.
He who mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 17:5
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no desire to get wisdom?
Proverbs 17:16
- Variant Count: 13 (68%)
Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it?
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it an unscalable wall.
Proverbs 18:11
- Variant Count: 6 (31%)
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
A poor man pleads for mercy, but a rich man answers harshly.
Proverbs 18:23
- Variant Count: 5 (45%)
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man's friend deserts him.
Proverbs 19:4
- Variant Count: 9 (56%)
Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.
Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts.
Proverbs 19:6
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
A poor man is shunned by all his relatives- how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.
Proverbs 19:7
- Variant Count: 7 (23%)
The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.
Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:2
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.
Proverbs 23:4
- Variant Count: 9 (47%)
Saying 8 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.
Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
Proverbs 23:5
- Variant Count: 1 (3%)
Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
Proverbs 27:7
- Variant Count: 4 (20%)
One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
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 rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has discernment sees through him.
Proverbs 28:11
- Variant Count: 12 (60%)
The rich are wise in their own eyes; one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.
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.
To show partiality is not good- yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
Proverbs 28:21
- Variant Count: 3 (16%)
To show partiality is not good— yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.
A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him.
Proverbs 28:22
- Variant Count: 5 (33%)
The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them.
27 verses • Page 1 of 2
Copyright Statement
New International Version (1984 Edition)
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
New International Version
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.