Proverbs 11:28
26 The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
27 He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.
He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
29 He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
- KJV
- He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
- WEB
- He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
- ASV
- He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
- DARBY
- He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a leaf.
- BLB
- The one trusting in his riches, he will fall, and the righteous ones will sprout like the leaf.
- ÅB
- Den som setter sin lit til sin rikdom, han skal falle; men de rettferdige skal grønnes som løvet.
- OTB
- De som stoler på sin rikdom vil falle, men de rettferdige vil blomstre som et grønt blad.
- B1930
- Den som setter sin lit til sin rikdom, han skal falle; men de rettferdige skal grønnes som løvet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:8
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Read in contextPsalms 52:7–8
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
Read in contextPsalms 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Read in contextPsalms 92:12–14
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Read in contextMark 10:24–25
And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
Read in contextPsalms 62:10
Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Read in contextProverbs 10:15
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
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