Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.

International Standard Version

The person who trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


He who leans on and trusts in and is confident in his riches will fall,
But the righteous [who trust in God’s provision] will flourish like a green leaf.

Bible in Basic English

He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

He trusting in his riches himself shall fall: and the just shall flourish as the foliage.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who trusts in his wealth [is] he who will fall, but like a green leaf the righteous will flourish.

Modern King James verseion

He who trusts in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall blossom like a branch.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

He that trusteth in his riches, the same, shall fall, but, like the leaf, shall the righteous break forth.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּטח 
Batach 
Usage: 120

in his riches
עשׁר 
`osher 
Usage: 37

but the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

27 Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him. 28 Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish. 29 Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant is the fool to the wise of heart.



Cross References

Jeremiah 17:8

And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.

Psalm 1:3

And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

1 Timothy 6:17

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

Job 31:24-25

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'

Psalm 49:6

Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

Psalm 92:12-14

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;

Psalm 52:7-8

'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

Psalm 62:10

Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.

Proverbs 10:15

The wealth of the rich is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

Isaiah 60:21

And thy people are all of them righteous, To the age they possess the earth, A branch of My planting, A work of My hands, to be beautified.

Mark 10:24-25

And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, 'Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!

Luke 12:20

And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

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