Proverbs 16:20

World English Bible (2000)

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

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  • Ps 2:12 : 12 Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him. A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
  • Prov 19:8 : 8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
  • Ps 34:8 : 8 Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
  • Prov 17:2 : 2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
  • Gen 41:38-40 : 38 Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?" 39 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you. 40 You shall be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than you."
  • 1 Chr 5:20 : 20 They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
  • Ps 125:1 : 1 Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can't be moved, but remains forever.
  • Ps 146:5 : 5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
  • Prov 22:19-20 : 19 That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you. 20 Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
  • Prov 24:3-5 : 3 Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established; 4 by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure. 5 A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;
  • Isa 26:3-4 : 3 You will keep whoever's mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. 4 Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
  • Isa 30:18 : 18 Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
  • Jer 17:7-8 : 7 Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
  • Dan 1:19-21 : 19 The king talked with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. 20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm. 21 Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.
  • Dan 3:28 : 28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
  • Dan 6:23 : 23 Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
  • Eph 1:12-13 : 12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: 13 in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

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