Proverbs 20:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Getting rich quick may turn out to be a curse.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:22

If you obey God, you will have something to leave your grandchildren. If you don't obey God, those who live right will get what you leave.

Proverbs 20:20

Children who curse their parents will go to the land of darkness long before their time.

Proverbs 20:22

Don't try to get even. Trust the LORD, and he will help you.

Proverbs 21:6

Cheating to get rich is a foolish dream and no less than suicide.

Proverbs 23:4

Give up trying so hard to get rich.

Proverbs 28:20

God blesses his loyal people, but punishes all who want to get rich quick.

Proverbs 28:22

Don't be selfish and eager to get rich— you will end up worse off than you can imagine.

Proverbs 28:8

If you make money by charging high interest rates, you will lose it all to someone who cares for the poor.

Habakkuk 2:6

But they will be mocked with these words: You're doomed! You stored up stolen goods and cheated others of what belonged to them.

Zechariah 5:4

The LORD All-Powerful has said, “I am sending this scroll into the house of everyone who is a robber or tells lies in my name, and it will remain there until every piece of wood and stone in that house crumbles.”

Malachi 2:2

You had better take seriously the need to honour my name. Otherwise, when you give a blessing, I will turn it into a curse. In fact, I have already done this, because you haven't taken to heart your duties as priests.

1 Timothy 6:9

People who want to be rich fall into all sorts of temptations and traps. They are caught by foolish and harmful desires that drag them down and destroy them.