Proverbs 20:21

Coverdale Bible (1535)

The heretage that commeth to haistely at the first, shal not be praysed at the ende.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:22 : 22 Which their childers childre shal haue in possessio, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for ye iust.
  • Prov 23:4 : 4 Take not ouer greate trauayle and labor to be riche, bewarre of soch a purpose.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 He that will be rich all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouerte shall come vpon him.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 Who so increaseth his riches by vautage & wynnynge, let him gather them to helpe the poore withall.
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithfull man is greatly to be commeded, but he that maketh to moch haist for to be riche, shal not be vngiltie.
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 But shall not all these take vp a prouerbe agaynst him, and mocke him with a byworde, and saye: Wo vnto him that heapeth vp other mens goodes? How longe wil he lade himself with thicke claye?
  • Zech 5:4 : 4 I wil bringe it forth (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) so yt it shal come to the house of the thefe, & to the house of him, that falsely sweareth by my name: & shal remayne in his house, & cosume it, with the tymbre & stones therof.
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 yf ye will not heare it, ner regarde it, to geue the glory vnto my name (sayeth the LORDE off hoostes) I wil sende a curse vpon you, & will curse youre blessinges: yee curse them will I yf ye do not take hede.
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 For they that wylbe riche, fall in to the teptacion and snare, and in to many folisshe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in destruccion and damnacion.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth, & raymet as ready as the claye, 17 he maye well prepare it: but the godly shal put it vpon him, and the innocet shal deale out the money.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 79%

    20 A faithfull man is greatly to be commeded, but he that maketh to moch haist for to be riche, shal not be vngiltie.

    21 To haue respecte of personnes in iudgment is not good: And why? he will do wronge, yee euen for a pece of bred.

    22 He that will be rich all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouerte shall come vpon him.

  • 20 Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the myddest of darcknesse.

  • 75%

    21 Myschefe foloweth vpon synners, but the rightuous shal haue a good rewarde.

    22 Which their childers childre shal haue in possessio, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for ye iust.

    23 There is plenteousnesse of fode in the feldes of the poore, & shalbe increased out of measure.

  • 22 Soch as be blessed of him, shal possesse the londe: & they whom he curseth, shalbe roted out.

  • Prov 21:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5 The deuyses of one that is diligent, brynge plenteousnes: but he yt is vnaduysed, commeth vnto pouerte.

    6 Who so hoordeth vp riches wt ye disceatfulnes of his tonge, he is a foole, & like vnto them that seke their owne death.

    7 The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruccion, for they wolde not do the thynge that was right.

  • 11 Hastely gotte goodes are soone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hande, shal increase.

  • 22 Saye not thou: I will recompence euell, but put yi trust in the LORDE, & he shal defende ye.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the hurte of him yt hath them in possession.

    14 For oft times they perishe with his greate misery and trouble: and yf he haue a childe, it getteth nothinge.

  • 11 The disceatfull maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no yonge: He commeth by riches, but not rightuously. In the myddest off his life must he leaue them behinde him, and at the last be founde a very foole.

  • Job 20:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28 The substaunce that he hath in his house, shalbe taken awaye and perish, in the daye of the LORDES wrath.

    29 This is the porcion that ye wicked shal haue of God, and the heretage that he maye loke for of the LORDE.

  • 20 O geue eare vnto good councell, & be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest bewyse here after.

  • 18 But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them.

  • 22 The blessynge of the LORDE maketh rich me, as for carefull trauayle, it doth nothinge therto.

  • 72%

    14 House & riches maye a ma haue by ye heretage of his elders, but a discrete woma is the gifte of the LORDE.

    15 Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.

  • 29 Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne house, he shal haue wynde for his heretage, and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse.

  • 21 An vnwyse body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe, and ye father of a foole can haue no ioye.

  • 20 In a wyse mans house there is greate treasure and plenteousnesse, but a foolish body spendeth vp all.

  • 21 He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a childe, shal make him his master at length.

  • 11 Wy?dome is better then riches, yee moch more worth then the eye sight.

  • 6 In the house of the rightuous are greate riches, but in the increase of the vngodly there is mysordre.

  • 11 He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpo the generacion of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.

  • 18 for the ende is not yet come, and thy pacient abydinge shal not be in vayne.

  • 16 Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches, geueth (comoly) vnto the rich, and at the last commeth to pouerte himself.

  • 16 so that the firstborne be hirs that is hated, and the tyme commeth that he dealeth out the inheritaunce vnto his children, then can he not make the sonne of ye beloued firstborne before the firstborne sonne of the hated,

  • 16 Cursed be he, that curseth his father and mother. And all the people shall saye, Amen.

  • 21 Thus goeth it with him yt gathereth treasure for himself, and is not riche in God.

  • 3 I haue sene my self, when the foolish was depe roted, that his bewty was sodely destroyed:

  • 19 And though God saue their childre from soch sorowe, yet wil he so rewarde theselues, that they shal knowe it.

  • 26 He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe, but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge & kepeth nothinge backe.

  • Prov 5:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10 That other men be not fylled with thy goodes, & that thy labours come not in a straunge house.

    11 Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and goodes)

  • 6 Yf thou teachest a childe in his youth what waye he shulde go, he shall not leaue it when he is olde.

  • 14 It is naught, It is naught (saye men) whan they haue it, but whan it is gone, they geue it a good worde.

  • 13 Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shal not departe fro his house.

  • 8 He yt soweth wickednesse, shal reape sorowe, & the rodde of his plage shal destroye him.

  • 20 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth his mother.

  • 8 Be not haistie to go to the lawe, lest happlie thou ordre yi self so at ye last, yt thy neghbor put ye to shame.

  • 2 Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothinge, but rightuousnesse delyuereth from death.

  • 17 Who so curseth father and mother, shal dye the death.

  • 19 These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous, that one wolde rauysh anothers life.

  • 29 He shall not be rich, nether shall his substaunce continue, ner encrease vpon earth.