Proverbs 27:24
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.
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