Proverbs 8:18

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Summary

Proverbs 8:18

Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

Riches and honour

James 2:5

Durable

And righteousness

Matthew 6:33

Philippians 3:8

Bible References

Riches and honour

Listen, my beloved brothers; has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the realm which he has promised to those who love him?

Durable

Store up no treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust corrode, where thieves break in and steal:

Mary has chosen the best dish, and she is not to be dragged away from it."

But God said to him, 'Foolish man, this very night your soul is wanted; and who will get all you have prepared?'

So, if you are not faithful with dishonest mammon, how can you ever be trusted with true Riches?

grieved but always glad, a 'pauper', but the means of wealth to many, without a penny but possessed of all.

less than the least of all saints as I am, this grace was vouchsafed me, that I should bring the Gentiles the gospel of the fathomless wealth of Christ

My God will supply all your own needs from his wealth in Glory in Christ Jesus.

Charge the rich of this world not to be supercilious, and not to fix their hopes on so uncertain a thing as riches but on the living God who richly provides us with all the enjoyments of life;

Come now, you rich men, weep and shriek over your impending miseries!

I advise you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich, white raiment to clothe you and prevent the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to rub on your eyes, that you may see.

And righteousness

Seek God's Realm and his goodness, and all that will be yours over and above.

indeed I count anything a loss, compared to the supreme value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have lost everything (I count it all the veriest refuse) in order to gain Christ