Psalms 49:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased;

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  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.
  • Ps 49:5 : 5 What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?
  • Prov 28:12 : 12 When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.
  • Rev 21:24 : 24 And the nations will go in its light: and the kings of the earth will take their glory into it.
  • Rev 21:26 : 26 And the glory and honour of the nations will come into it:
  • Gen 31:1 : 1 Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.
  • Esth 3:1-6 : 1 After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him. 2 And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour. 3 Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order? 4 Now when they had said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they let Haman have news of it, to see if Mordecai's behaviour would be overlooked: for he had said to them that he was a Jew. 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath. 6 But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king.
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 <Of David.> Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:17-18
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    17 For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

    18 Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,

  • Ps 49:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

    6 Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

  • Prov 3:25
    74%

    25 Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:

  • Ps 62:10
    72%

    10 Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

  • Job 15:29
    72%

    29 He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

  • Ps 112:3
    71%

    3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

  • Job 27:19
    71%

    19 He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

  • Prov 23:4
    71%

    4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

  • Deut 8:12-13
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    71%

    12 And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;

    13 And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort;

  • Ps 52:6-7
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    71%

    6 The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

    7 See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

  • Prov 5:10
    70%

    10 And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

  • Job 11:15
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    15 Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:

  • Job 36:18-19
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    18 ...

    19 ...

  • Jer 9:23
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    23 This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

  • Job 20:28
    69%

    28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

  • Job 13:11
    69%

    11 Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?

  • Ps 128:4
    69%

    4 See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.

  • Prov 15:16
    69%

    16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

  • Job 21:9
    69%

    9 Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.

  • Job 11:19
    69%

    19 Sleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;

  • Prov 19:23
    69%

    23 The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

  • Prov 11:28
    69%

    28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Prov 18:11
    68%

    11 The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.

  • Job 5:21
    68%

    21 He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

  • Ps 49:15
    68%

    15 But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

    8 A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

  • Hab 2:9
    68%

    9 A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!

  • Prov 11:4
    68%

    4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    68%

    17 Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

  • Prov 23:17
    68%

    17 Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

  • Prov 10:22
    68%

    22 The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

  • Prov 28:22
    68%

    22 He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

  • Prov 28:20
    68%

    20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

  • Job 3:15
    68%

    15 Or with rulers who had gold, and whose houses were full of silver;

  • Prov 10:15
    68%

    15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

  • Jas 1:10
    68%

    10 But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

  • Ps 49:11-12
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    67%

    11 The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

    12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

  • Luke 12:21
    67%

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

  • Ps 25:13
    67%

    13 His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

  • Prov 13:11
    67%

    11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

  • Eccl 5:11
    67%

    11 The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

  • Prov 25:6
    67%

    6 Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

  • Prov 22:4
    67%

    4 The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.