Proverbs 21:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Precious treasure remains in the house of the wise, but the fool devours it.

Cross References

Job 20:15

They swallow down riches and vomit them up again; God casts them out of their bellies.

Job 20:18

They will give back the fruit of their toil and will not swallow it down; from the profit of their trading they will get no enjoyment.

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 makes rich, and toil adds nothing to it.

Proverbs 14:24

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

Proverbs 15:6

In the house of the righteous there is much treasure, but trouble befalls the income of the wicked.

Proverbs 22:4

The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.

Proverbs 8:21

endowing with wealth those who love me and filling their treasuries.

Ecclesiastes 10:19

Feasts are made for laughter, wine gladdens life, and money meets every need.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

Likewise, all to whom God gives wealth and possessions and whom he enables to enjoy them and to accept their lot and find enjoyment in their toil—this is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun.

Jeremiah 41:8

But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not kill them along with their companions.

Matthew 25:8

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

Luke 15:14

When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that region, and he began to be in need.

Luke 16:1

Then Jesus said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property.

Luke 6:45

The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil, for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.