Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

General references

Bible References

Faithful

Proverbs 20:6
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?
1 Samuel 22:14
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?
Nehemiah 7:2
that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
Psalm 101:6
My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he shall minister to me.
Psalm 112:4
To the upright there arises light in the darkness. [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous.
Luke 12:42
And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise manager whom his lord will appoint over his service to give the provision on time?
Luke 16:1
And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this man was accused to him as squandering things possessed by him.
1 Corinthians 4:2
And beyond that, it is sought in managers that any man should be found faithful.
Revelation 2:10
Fear none of the things that thou are going to suffer. Behold, the devil is indeed going to cast some of you into prison, so that ye may be tried, and ye will have tribulation ten days. Become thou faithful until death, and I will

But

Proverbs 28:22
He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.
Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance gotten hastily at the beginning shall not be blessed in the end.
2 Kings 5:20
But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who want to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, which sink men in destruction and ruin.

General references

Genesis 34:23
Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.