Proverbs 10:22

New American Bible - revised edition

It is the Lord’s blessing that brings wealth, and no effort can substitute for it.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 13:2

Now Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.

Genesis 14:23

that I would not take so much as a thread or a sandal strap from anything that is yours, so that you cannot say, ‘I made Abram rich.’

Genesis 24:35

“The Lord has blessed my master so abundantly that he has become wealthy; he has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female slaves, and camels and donkeys.

Genesis 26:12

Isaac sowed a crop in that region and reaped a hundredfold the same year. Since the Lord blessed him,

Genesis 26:13

he became richer and richer all the time, until he was very wealthy.

1 Kings 21:19

Tell him: “Thus says the Lord: After murdering, do you also take possession?” And tell him, “Thus says the Lord: In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs shall lick up your blood, too.”

1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez prayed to the God of Israel: “Oh, that you may truly bless me and extend my boundaries! May your hand be with me and make me free of misfortune, without pain!” And God granted his prayer.

2 Chronicles 25:9

Amaziah answered the man of God, “But what is to be done about the hundred talents that I paid for the troops of Israel?” The man of God replied, “The Lord can give you much more than that.”

2 Chronicles 32:27

Hezekiah possessed very great wealth and glory. He made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, jewels, and other precious things of all kinds;

2 Chronicles 32:29

He built cities for himself, and he acquired sheep and oxen in great numbers, for God gave him very great riches.

Psalm 107:38

God blessed them, and they increased greatly, and their livestock did not decrease.

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise early and put off your rest at night, To eat bread earned by hard toil— all this God gives to his beloved in sleep.

Psalm 37:22

For those blessed by the Lord will inherit the earth, but those accursed will be cut off.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is wealth; the diadem of fools is folly.

Proverbs 20:21

Possessions greedily guarded at the outset will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 28:22

Misers hurry toward wealth, not knowing that want is coming toward them.

Proverbs 8:21

Granting wealth to those who love me, and filling their treasuries.

Daniel 1:15

after ten days they looked healthier and better fed than any of the young men who ate from the royal table.

Zechariah 5:4

I will send it forth—oracle of the Lord of hosts—so that it will come to the house of the thief, and into the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It shall lodge within each house, consuming it, timber and stones.” Sixth Vision: The Basket of Wickedness.

Deuteronomy 26:10

Now, therefore, I have brought the first fruits of the products of the soil which you, Lord, have given me.” You shall set them before the Lord, your God, and you shall bow down before the Lord, your God.

Deuteronomy 28:11

The Lord will generously increase the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil, upon the land which the Lord swore to your ancestors he would give you.

Joshua 6:18

But be careful not to covet or take anything that is under the ban; otherwise you will bring upon the camp of Israel this ban and the misery of it.