Proverbs 21:20

New International Version

The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.

Cross References

Job 20:15

He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up.

Job 20:18

What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.

Psalm 112:3

Wealth and riches are in their houses, and their righteousness endures forever.

Psalm 23:5

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it.

Proverbs 14:24

The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly.

Proverbs 15:6

The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings ruin.

Proverbs 22:4

Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.

Proverbs 8:21

bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me and making their treasuries full.

Ecclesiastes 10:19

A feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, and money is the answer for everything.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing and benefits those who see the sun.

Jeremiah 41:8

But ten of them said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us! We have wheat and barley, olive oil and honey, hidden in a field.” So he let them alone and did not kill them with the others.

Matthew 25:8

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

Luke 15:14

After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.

Luke 16:1

Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

Luke 6:45

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.