Proverbs 21:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:5-7
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    5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

    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.

    7 The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

  • Prov 21:17
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    17 The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

  • Prov 15:20-21
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    20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

    21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

  • Prov 10:14
    76%

    14 Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23 A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16 A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24 Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

    25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Prov 21:21
    74%

    21 He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16 How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Prov 10:23
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    23 It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

  • Prov 21:19
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    19 It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

  • Prov 20:15
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    15 There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11 A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

    8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20 Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14 The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2 Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 19:13-14
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    13 A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

    14 House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

  • Prov 10:21
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    21 The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22 Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1 Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12 The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

  • Matt 25:3-4
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    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.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12 The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

  • Prov 13:19
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    19 To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Eccl 7:4
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    4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

  • Prov 18:1-2
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    1 He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

    2 A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

  • Eccl 7:11
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    11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

  • Prov 20:3
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    3 It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

  • Prov 21:6
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    6 He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.

  • Prov 14:17-18
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    72%

    17 He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

    18 Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Matt 25:8
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    8 And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.