Proverbs 27:24

New English Translation

for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:16

Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.’”

Job 19:9

He has stripped me of my honor and has taken the crown off my head.

Psalm 89:36

His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun,

Psalm 89:39

You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

Proverbs 23:5

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

Ecclesiastes 5:13

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

Isaiah 9:7

His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord’s intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.

Jeremiah 13:18

The Lord told me, “Tell the king and the queen mother, ‘Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads.

Lamentations 5:16

The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!

Ezekiel 21:26

this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tear off the turban, take off the crown! Things must change! Exalt the lowly, bring down the proud!

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”

James 1:10

But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

1 Samuel 13:14

But now your kingdom will not continue! The Lord has sought out for himself a man who is loyal to him and the Lord has appointed him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the Lord commanded you.”