Proverbs 10:22

Bible in Basic English 1965

The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

Genesis 13:2

Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.

Genesis 14:23

That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram:

Genesis 24:35

The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses.

Genesis 26:12

Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.

Genesis 26:13

And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more;

1 Kings 21:19

Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The Lord says, In the place where dogs have been drinking the blood of Naboth, there will your blood become the drink of dogs.

1 Chronicles 4:10

And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.

2 Chronicles 25:9

Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done about the hundred talents which I have given for the armed band of Israel? And the man of God in answer said, God is able to give you much more than this.

2 Chronicles 32:27

And Hezekiah had very great wealth and honour; and he made himself store-houses for his gold and silver and jewels and spices, and for body-covers and all sorts of beautiful vessels.

2 Chronicles 32:29

And he made towns for himself, and got together much property in flocks and herds: for God had given him great wealth.

Psalm 107:38

He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.

Psalm 127:2

It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.

Psalm 37:22

Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

Proverbs 14:24

Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

Proverbs 20:21

A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

Proverbs 28:22

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

Proverbs 8:21

So that I may give my lovers wealth for their heritage, making their store-houses full.

Daniel 1:15

And at the end of ten days their faces seemed fairer and they were fatter in flesh than all the young men who had their food from the king's table.

Zechariah 5:4

And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.

Deuteronomy 26:10

So now, I have come here with the first of the fruits of the earth which you, O Lord, have given me. Then you will put it down before the Lord your God and give him worship:

Deuteronomy 28:11

And the Lord will make you fertile in every good thing, in the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your fields, in the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, said he would give you.

Joshua 6:18

And as for you, keep yourselves from the cursed thing, for fear that you may get a desire for it and take some of it for yourselves, and so be the cause of a curse and great trouble on the tents of Israel.