Proverbs 28:20

All About Life

¹⁹ Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty. ²⁰ A faithful man will abound with blessings,
But he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.
²¹ To show partiality is not good, but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

Faithful Man

Will Not Go Unpunished

Proverbs 28:22

A stingy manhastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

Luke 16:10-12

"One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

1 Samuel 22:14

Then Ahimelech answered the king, "And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and captain over your bodyguard, and honored in your house?

2 Kings 5:20-27

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him."

Nehemiah 7:2

I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.

Psalm 101:6

I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me.

Psalm 112:4-9

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 17:5

Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 20:6

Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?

Proverbs 23:4

Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.

Luke 12:42

And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?

Luke 16:1

He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

1 Corinthians 4:2-5

Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Revelation 2:10

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 2:13

"'I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.