Proverbs 21:20

But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is today.

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.

a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

Yahweh will grant you abundant prosperity in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. Yahweh has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.

He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.

Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.

that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.

You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock.

Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “Yahweh is able to give you much more than this.”

He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.

His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.

Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.

I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.” ’

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

‘Cursed is he who leads the blind astray on the road.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”

Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.

For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.

He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

“Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me. He has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has, like a monster, swallowed me up. He has filled his mouth with my delicacies. He has cast me out.

“ ‘ “Then washed I you with water. Yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.

At the end of ten days, their faces appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king’s dainties.

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.

He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.

The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.” So he stopped, and didn’t kill them among their brothers.

The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.