Verse 20

He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 2:12 : 12 For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.
  • Prov 19:8 : 8 He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.
  • Ps 34:8 : 8 By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him.
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.
  • Prov 17:2 : 2 A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.
  • Gen 41:38-40 : 38 Then Pharaoh said to his servants, Where may we get such a man as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God? 39 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you: 40 You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.
  • 1 Chr 5:20 : 20 And they were helped against them, so that the Hagarites, and those with them, were given into their power. For they sent up prayers to God in the fight, and he gave ear to them, because they put their faith in him.
  • Ps 125:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.
  • Ps 146:5 : 5 Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.
  • Prov 22:19-20 : 19 So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you. 20 Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,
  • Prov 24:3-5 : 3 The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong: 4 And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things. 5 A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.
  • Isa 26:3-4 : 3 The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you. 4 Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.
  • Isa 30:18 : 18 For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.
  • Jer 17:7-8 : 7 A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.
  • Dan 1:19-21 : 19 And the king had talk with them; and among them all there was no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; so they were given places before the king. 20 And in any business needing wisdom and good sense, about which the king put questions to them, he saw that they were ten times better than all the wonder-workers and users of secret arts in all his kingdom. 21 And Daniel went on till the first year of King Cyrus.
  • Dan 3:28 : 28 Nebuchadnezzar made answer and said, Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent his angel and kept his servants safe who had faith in him, and who put the king's word on one side and gave up their bodies to the fire, so that they might not be servants or worshippers of any other god but their God.
  • Dan 6:23 : 23 My God has sent his angel to keep the lions' mouths shut, and they have done me no damage: because I was seen to be without sin before him; and further, before you, O King, I have done no wrong.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
  • Eph 1:12-13 : 12 So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ: 13 In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,