Verse 20

There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 112:3 : 3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.
  • Matt 25:3-4 : 3 For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them. 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights.
  • Ps 23:5 : 5 You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
  • Prov 15:6 : 6 In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.
  • Eccl 5:19 : 19 He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.
  • Eccl 7:11 : 11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
  • Eccl 10:19 : 19 A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.
  • Jer 41:8 : 8 But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, Do not put us to death, for we have secret stores, in the country, of grain and oil and honey. So he did not put them to death with their countrymen.
  • Matt 6:19-20 : 19 Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away. 20 But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
  • Job 20:15 : 15 He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.
  • Job 20:18 : 18 He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.
  • Matt 25:8 : 8 And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.
  • Luke 6:45 : 45 The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.
  • Luke 15:14 : 14 And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.
  • Luke 16:1 : 1 And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.
  • Luke 16:19-25 : 19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day. 20 And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds, 21 Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds. 22 And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth. 23 And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast. 24 And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.