Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Riches and honor are with me; Yea, durable wealth and righteousness.
Wealth and honour are with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.
Riches and honour are with me; durable wealth and righteousness.
Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
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But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of…
Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
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Philippians 4:19And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
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And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…
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Voices4
Riches and honour are with me,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Riches and honor are with me - Often the wise, prudent, and discreet man arrives literally to riches and honor; but this is not always the case. But there are other riches of which he never fails; and these seem to be what Solomon has particularly in view, durable riches and righteousness; the treasure deposited by God in earthen vessels.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
Religion sometimes helps to make people rich and great in this world, gains them a reputation, and so increases their estates; and the riches which Wisdom gives to her favourites have these two advantages:-- [1.] That they are riches and righteousness, riches honestly got, not by fraud and oppression, but in regular ways, and riches charitably used, for alms are called righteousness.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The redeemer is the eternal Word and wisdom, the Logos. He is the Wisdom that speaks to the children of men in the former part of the chapter. All divine revelation passes through his hand, and centres in him; but of him as the personal Wisdom, the second person in the Godhead, in the judgment of many of the ancients, Solomon here speaks,
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The verses this one reaches12
May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.
And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.
As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”
I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
18 more linked verses are grouped by book below ↓
Every other verse the study tradition links to this one, in the Bible’s own order. The first links in each book carry a line of their text; every reference opens its full verse page.
Psalms2
Proverbs3
Matthew1
Luke3
2 Corinthians1
Philippians1
Cross-references are drawn from classic Bible study tools and open, shareable Bible data.
