Proverbs 27:24

American Standard Version (1901)

For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
  • Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
  • Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
  • 1 Tim 6:17-18 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18 that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
  • Jas 1:10 : 10 and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
  • 2 Sam 7:16 : 16 And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
  • Ps 89:36 : 36 His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

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    25The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

  • Prov 27:23
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    23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [And] look well to thy herds:

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.

  • Prov 23:4-5
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    4Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

    5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

    14and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

  • Jas 1:10-11
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    10and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

    11For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass: and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.

  • Job 36:19
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    19Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?

  • Job 15:29
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    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

  • Eccl 1:3-4
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    3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

    4One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • Ps 49:10-12
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    10For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

    11Their inward thought is, [that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [And] their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

    12But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

  • Job 27:19
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    19He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers] ; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

  • Eccl 5:9-11
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    9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.

    10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

    11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?

  • Jer 17:11
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    11As the partridge that sitteth on [eggs] which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

  • Prov 11:4
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    4Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Job 24:24
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    24They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

  • Ps 49:17
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    17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.

  • Ps 112:3
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    3Wealth and riches are in his house; And his righteousness endureth for ever.

  • Ps 62:10
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    10Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon] .

  • Prov 11:28
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    28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

  • Job 4:21
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    21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

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    21An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  • Job 21:13
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    13They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

  • Prov 29:14
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    14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.

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    7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.

  • Job 28:13
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    13Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

  • 1 Pet 1:24
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    24For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.

    16There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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    1A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.

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    23Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

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    1Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

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    2a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

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    6Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

  • Job 5:27
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    27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

  • Job 3:15
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    15Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:

  • Job 34:19
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    19That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.