Proverbs 21:20

New American Bible - revised edition

Precious treasure and oil are in the house of the wise, but the fool consumes them.

Cross References

Job 20:15

The riches he swallowed he shall vomit up; God shall make his belly disgorge them.

Job 20:18

He shall give back his gains, never used; like his profit from trade, never enjoyed.

Psalm 112:3

Wealth and riches shall be in his house; his righteousness shall endure forever.

Psalm 23:5

You set a table before me in front of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Proverbs 10:22

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

Proverbs 14:24

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

Proverbs 15:6

In the house of the just there are ample resources, but the harvest of the wicked is in peril.

Proverbs 22:4

The result of humility and fear of the Lord is riches, honor and life.

Proverbs 8:21

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

Ecclesiastes 10:19

A feast is made for merriment and wine gives joy to the living, but money answers for everything.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

For they will hardly dwell on the shortness of life, because God lets them busy themselves with the joy of their heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance and profitable to those who see the sun.

Jeremiah 41:8

Ten of them said to Ishmael: “Do not kill us! We have stores of wheat and barley, oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he spared them and did not kill them as he had killed their companions.

Matthew 25:8

The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

Luke 15:14

When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he found himself in dire need.

Luke 16:1

Then he also said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property.

Luke 6:45

A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks. The Two Foundations.