Proverbs 8:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Riches and honour [are] with me; [yea], durable riches and righteousness.

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  • Matt 6:33 : 33 ‹But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.›
  • Prov 3:16 : 16 Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.
  • Prov 4:7-9 : 7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 ¶ Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
  • Eccl 5:14-16 : 14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and [there is] nothing in his hand. 15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. 16 And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
  • Matt 6:19-20 : 19 ¶ ‹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:› 20 ‹But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:›
  • Ps 36:6 : 6 Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
  • Ps 112:3 : 3 Wealth and riches [shall be] in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 ‹But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.›
  • Luke 12:20-21 : 20 ‹But God said unto him,› [Thou] ‹fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?› 21 ‹So› [is] ‹he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.›
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 ‹Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.›
  • Luke 16:11-12 : 11 ‹If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true› [riches]? 12 ‹And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?›
  • 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
  • Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ, 9 ¶ And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
  • Phil 4:19 : 19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Tim 6:17-19 : 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; 19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 ¶ Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you]. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 ‹I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and› [that] ‹the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.›

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