Proverbs 28:20

All About Life

¹⁹ The one who works his land
will have plenty of food,
but whoever chases fantasies
will have his fill of poverty. ²⁰ A faithful man will have many blessings,
but one in a hurry to get rich
will not go unpunished. ²¹ It is not good to show partiality—
yet a man may sin for a piece of bread.

Faithful Man

Will Not Go Unpunished

Proverbs 28:22

A greedy man is in a hurry for wealth;
he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,
but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gained prematurely
will not be blessed ultimately.

Luke 16:10-12

Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.

1 Samuel 22:14

Ahimelech replied to the king: “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David? He is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and honored in your house.

2 Kings 5:20-27

Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought: My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.

Nehemiah 7:2

Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah, commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

Psalm 101:6

My eyes favor the faithful of the land
so that they may sit down with me.
The one who follows the way of integrity
may serve me.

Psalm 112:4-9

Light shines in the darkness for the upright.
He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

Proverbs 10:6

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

Proverbs 17:5

The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 20:6

Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
but who can find a trustworthy man?

Proverbs 23:4

Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;
stop giving your attention to it.

Luke 12:42

The Lord said: “Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?

Luke 16:1

He also said to the disciples: “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.

1 Corinthians 4:2-5

In this regard, it is expected of managers that each one of them be found faithful.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Revelation 2:10

Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have affliction for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 2:13

I know where you live—where Satan’s throne is! And you are holding on to My name and did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of Antipas, My faithful witness who was killed among you, where Satan lives.