| 1 Corinthians 10 24 |
Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. |
| Ecclesiastes 2 21 |
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. |
| Proverbs 13 11 |
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. |
| Proverbs 14 23 |
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. |
| Psalms 62 10 |
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. |
| Proverbs 28 11 |
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out. |
| Ecclesiastes 7 11 |
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. |
| Proverbs 28 22 |
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. |
| Proverbs 14 24 |
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. |
| Proverbs 27 24 |
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? |
| Ecclesiastes 1 3 |
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? |
| Proverbs 22 16 |
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. |
| Jeremiah 17 11 |
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. |
| Proverbs 22 7 |
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. |
| Psalms 44 12 |
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. |
| Genesis 14 23 |
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: |
| Ecclesiastes 7 12 |
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. |
| Proverbs 10 4 |
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. |
| Exodus 23 6 |
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. |
| Proverbs 10 15 |
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. |
| Ecclesiastes 5 12 |
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. |
| Ezekiel 28 4 |
With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: |
| Proverbs 1 32 |
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. |
| Deuteronomy 8 18 |
But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. |
| Proverbs 21 20 |
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. |
| 1 Corinthians 4 12 |
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: |
| Jeremiah 9 23 |
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: |
| Proverbs 22 4 |
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. |
| Exodus 5 9 |
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. |
| Ecclesiastes 2 11 |
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. |
| Haggai 1 6 |
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. |
| Ecclesiastes 1 8 |
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. |
| Proverbs 28 19 |
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. |
| Matthew 10 10 |
Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. |
| Proverbs 14 18 |
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. |
| Proverbs 23 9 |
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
| Proverbs 23 5 |
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. |
| Ecclesiastes 10 15 |
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. |
| Ecclesiastes 3 9 |
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? |
| 1 Timothy 4 15 |
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. |
| Ecclesiastes 2 19 |
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. |
| Ecclesiastes 2 18 |
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. |
| Ezekiel 28 5 |
By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: |
| Isaiah 55 2 |
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. |
| Proverbs 13 8 |
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. |
| Ecclesiastes 10 10 |
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. |
| 2 Corinthians 8 9 |
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. |
| Acts 20 35 |
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. |
| Exodus 5 11 |
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. |
| Proverbs 11 28 |
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. |