Proverbs 11:28
Hebrew Text— Proverbs 11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
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My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, will grow every tree for food, whose leaf won’t wither, neither will its fruit fail. It will produce new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary. Its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for healing.”
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,
“ ‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his hand.
The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.
For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.
in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a plant.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.
If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.
For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.
It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might produce branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a good vine.” ’
They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away.
When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.
and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
As valleys they are spread out, as gardens by the riverside, as aloes which Yahweh has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.
For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the middle of him, they will sanctify my name. Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?
He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings.
They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.
who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.
All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
because Yahweh of Armies has blessed them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.”
everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’ ”
Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker says: “You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!
Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you.
Why do you boast in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? You trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come to me?’
While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: ‘The kingdom has departed from you.
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.
“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—
What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!
Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
by your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”
Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.