Proverbs 27:24

World English Bible (2000)

for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
  • Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
  • Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh's wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
  • 1 Tim 6:17-18 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; 18 that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
  • Jas 1:10 : 10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
  • 2 Sam 7:16 : 16 Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever."'"
  • Ps 89:36 : 36 His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

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