Proverbs 11:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Trust in your wealth, and you will be a failure, but God's people will prosper like healthy plants.

Cross References

Psalm 1:3

They are like trees growing beside a stream, trees that produce fruit in season and always have leaves. Those people succeed in everything they do.

Psalm 49:6

They trust in their riches and boast about all their wealth.

Psalm 62:10

Don't trust in violence or depend on dishonesty or rely on great wealth.

Proverbs 10:15

Great wealth can be a fortress, but poverty is no protection at all.

Isaiah 60:21

Your people will live right and always own the land; they are the trees I planted to bring praise to me.

Jeremiah 17:8

They will be like trees growing beside a stream— trees with roots that reach down to the water, and with leaves that are always green. They bear fruit every year and are never worried by a lack of rain.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, “You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up?”

1 Timothy 6:17

Warn the rich people of this world not to be proud or to trust in wealth that is easily lost. Tell them to have faith in God, who is rich and blesses us with everything we need to enjoy life.