Proverbs 11:28

In 11 translations

BSB

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

KJV

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

WEB

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

ASV

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

LSV

Whoever is confident in his wealth falls, || And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

YLT

Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

DBY

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a leaf.

DRC

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the just shall spring up as a green leaf.

GNV

He that trusteth in his riches, shall fall: but the righteous shall florish as a leafe.

JPS

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as foliage.

LXXE

He that trusts in wealth shall fall; but he that helps righteous men shall rise.See 1 Tim. 5. 8.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

בּוֹטֵ֣חַ בְּ֭עָשְׁרוֹ ה֣וּא יִפֹּ֑ל וְ֝כֶעָלֶ֗ה צַדִּיקִ֥ים יִפְרָֽחוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ πλούτῳ οὗτος πεσεῖται, ὁ δὲ ἀντιλαμβανόμενος δικαίων οὗτος ἀνατελεῖ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
• Jeremiah 17:8He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to…
• Psalms 52:7–8“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.” But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving…
• Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
• Mark 10:24–25And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter…
• Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
• Psalms 92:12–14The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green…
• Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
• Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
• Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
• Job 31:24–25If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security, if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
• Deuteronomy 8:12–14Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell, and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied, then your heart…
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

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