Proverbs 11:28

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 17:8 : 8 They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.
  • Ps 1:3 : 3 He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
  • Deut 8:12-14 : 12 When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses, 13 when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything, 14 be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 “If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold,‘You are my security!’ 25 if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,
  • Ps 92:12-14 : 12 The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Planted in the LORD’s house, they grow in the courts of our God. 14 They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.
  • Isa 60:21 : 21 All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.
  • Ps 52:7-8 : 7 “Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.” 8 But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God’s loyal love.
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!
  • Mark 10:24-25 : 24 The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them,“Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 52:7
    79%

    7“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

  • Prov 28:18-20
    3 verses
    79%

    18The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 11:3-6
    4 verses
    77%

    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

    4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Ps 49:6
    77%

    6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

  • Prov 28:25-28
    4 verses
    76%

    25The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

    26The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape.

    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

    28When the wicked gain control, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • Prov 11:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

    30The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.

  • Jas 1:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

    11For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

  • Prov 28:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

    11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

  • Prov 28:22
    75%

    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Prov 13:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

  • Ps 62:10
    75%

    10Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

  • Prov 28:6
    74%

    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Prov 22:16
    74%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 13:11
    74%

    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

  • Prov 14:11
    74%

    11The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Job 15:31
    74%

    31Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.

  • Prov 11:18
    74%

    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

  • Jer 17:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.

    8They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.

  • Ps 37:16
    74%

    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Ps 1:3
    73%

    3He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.

  • Prov 11:27
    73%

    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

  • Prov 15:6
    73%

    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

  • Prov 29:16
    73%

    16When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.

  • Prov 25:26
    73%

    26Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

  • Prov 18:11
    73%

    11The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

  • Jer 17:11
    73%

    11The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool.”

  • Job 15:29
    73%

    29He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

  • Job 8:15
    73%

    15He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

  • Prov 10:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Ps 112:3
    73%

    3His house contains wealth and riches; his integrity endures.

  • Prov 28:14
    73%

    14Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.

  • Ps 92:12
    72%

    12The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.

  • Prov 28:8
    72%

    8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

  • Ps 40:4
    72%

    4How blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD and does not seek help from the proud or from liars!

  • Prov 22:8
    72%

    8The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.

  • Prov 10:3
    72%

    3The LORD satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.