Proverbs 20:21

Easy To Read Version

If your wealth was very easy to get, it will not be worth much to you.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:22

A good person will have wealth to give to his children and grandchildren. And in the end, good people will get all the things that evil people have.

Proverbs 20:20

If a person curses {\cf2\super [28]} his father or mother, then he is like a person whose light stops shinning in the darkest darkness.

Proverbs 20:22

If someone does something against you, don’t try to punish him yourself. Wait for the Lord! In the end, he will make you the winner.

Proverbs 21:6

If you cheat to become rich, then your wealth will soon be gone. And your riches will lead you to death.

Proverbs 23:4

Don’t ruin your health trying to become rich. If you are wise, you will be patient.

Proverbs 28:20

God will bless the person who follows him. But a person who is only trying to get rich will be punished.

Proverbs 28:22

A selfish person only wants to get rich. That person does not realize that he is very close to being poor.

Proverbs 28:8

If you get rich by cheating poor people and charging them high interest rates, then you will lose your wealth. It will go to another person who is kind to them.

Habakkuk 2:6

But soon enough, all of those people will laugh at him. They will tell stories about his defeat. They will laugh and say, ‘It’s too bad that the man who took so many things will not get to keep them! He made himself rich collecting debts.’

Zechariah 5:4

The Lord All-Powerful says: I will send that scroll to the houses of thieves and to houses of people that lie when they use my name to make promises. That scroll will stay there and destroy those houses. Even the stones and wooden posts will be destroyed.”

Malachi 2:2

If you don’t respect my name, then bad things will happen to you. You will say blessings, {\cf2\super [9]} but they will become curses. {\cf2\super [10]} I will make bad things happen because you don’t show respect for my name!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

1 Timothy 6:9

People who want to become rich bring temptations to themselves. They are caught in a trap. They begin to want many foolish things that will hurt them. Those things ruin and destroy people.