Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.

New American Standard Bible

He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

King James Version

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

International Standard Version

The person who trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.

A Conservative Version

He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

American Standard Version

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Amplified


He who leans on and trusts in and is confident in his riches will fall,
But the righteous [who trust in God’s provision] will flourish like a green leaf.

Bible in Basic English

He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

Darby Translation

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a leaf.

Julia Smith Translation

He trusting in his riches himself shall fall: and the just shall flourish as the foliage.

King James 2000

He that trusts in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who trusts in his wealth [is] he who will fall, but like a green leaf the righteous will flourish.

Modern King James verseion

He who trusts in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall blossom like a branch.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that trusteth in his riches shall have a fall; but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

NET Bible

The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

New Heart English Bible

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

The Emphasized Bible

He that trusteth in his riches, the same, shall fall, but, like the leaf, shall the righteous break forth.

Webster

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

World English Bible

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Youngs Literal Translation

Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּטח 
Batach 
Usage: 120

in his riches
עשׁר 
`osher 
Usage: 37

but the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

27 The one who searches for what is good finds favor,
but if someone looks for trouble, it will come to him.
28 Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.
29 The one who brings ruin on his household
will inherit the wind,
and a fool will be a slave
to someone whose heart is wise.



Cross References

Jeremiah 17:8

He will be like a tree planted by water:
it sends its roots out toward a stream,
it doesn’t fear when heat comes,
and its foliage remains green.
It will not worry in a year of drought
or cease producing fruit.

Psalm 1:3

He is like a tree planted beside streams of water
that bears its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

Job 31:24-25

If I placed my confidence in gold
or called fine gold my trust,

Psalm 49:6

They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.

Psalm 92:12-14

The righteous thrive like a palm tree
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live in,

Psalm 52:7-8

“Here is the man
who would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”

Psalm 62:10

Place no trust in oppression,
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
pay no attention to it.

Proverbs 10:15

A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

Isaiah 60:21

Then all your people will be righteous;
they will possess the land forever;
they are the branch I planted,
the work of My hands,
so that I may be glorified.

Mark 10:24-25

But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’

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