Proverbs 28:20

A faithful person is richly blessed, but the one greedy for riches will not escape punishment. It contrasts trustworthy character with reckless ambition.

Cross-references · 19

• Luke 16:10–12Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
• Prov 13:11Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
• Prov 10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
• Rev 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
• Ps 112:4–9Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
• Prov 28:22A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
• Ps 101:6My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.
• Neh 7:2Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
• Prov 20:21An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
• Luke 12:42And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
• 1 Cor 4:2–5Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
• Luke 16:1Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
• Prov 20:6Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?
• 1 Sam 22:14Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?
• 2 Kgs 5:20–27Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
• Prov 23:4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
• Rev 2:13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
• Prov 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
• 1 Tim 6:9–10Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

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