Proverbs 21:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

Cross References

Job 20:15

He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.

Job 20:18

He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

Psalm 112:3

A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

Psalm 23:5

You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.

Proverbs 10:22

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

Proverbs 14:24

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

Proverbs 15:6

In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

Proverbs 22:4

The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

Proverbs 8:21

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

Ecclesiastes 10:19

A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

Jeremiah 41:8

But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, Do not put us to death, for we have secret stores, in the country, of grain and oil and honey. So he did not put them to death with their countrymen.

Matthew 25:8

And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.

Luke 15:14

And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

Luke 16:1

And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

Luke 6:45

The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.