Proverbs 11:28

The Message

A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree.

Cross References

Psalm 62:10

And a windfall, if it comes— don’t make too much of it.

Proverbs 10:15

The wealth of the rich is their security; the poverty of the indigent is their ruin.

Luke 12:20

“Just then God showed up and said, ‘Fool! Tonight you die. And your barnful of goods—who gets it?’

1 Timothy 6:17

Tell those rich in this world’s wealth to quit being so full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the riches we could ever manage—to do good, to be rich in helping others, to be extravagantly generous. If they do that, they’ll build a treasury that will last, gaining life that is truly life.