Proverbs 27:24

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?

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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; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
  • Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD 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 the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
  • 1 Tim 6:17-18 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
  • Jas 1:10 : 10 But 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 thine house and thy kingdom shall be established 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

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    4¶ Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

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

    11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it 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 ways.

  • Job 36:19
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    19Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

  • Job 15:29
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    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

  • Eccl 1:3-4
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    3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

    4¶ [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: 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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    12Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.

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    19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.

  • Eccl 5:9-11
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    9¶ Moreover 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 [is] also vanity.

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

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

  • Job 24:24
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    24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [other], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

  • 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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  • Ps 62:10
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  • Prov 13:7
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  • Job 4:21
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    21Doth not their excellency [which is] in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

  • Prov 20:21
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    21¶ An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  • Job 21:13
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    14¶ The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

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  • Job 28:13
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  • Eccl 6:7
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  • Prov 13:11
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    11¶ Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

  • 1 Pet 1:24
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    24¶ For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

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    27Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.

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