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Proverbs 11

Prov. 11:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heu that trusteth
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
in his riches
`osher (Hebrew #6239)
wealth
KJV usage: X far (richer), riches.
Pronounce: o'-sher
Origin: from 6238
shall fall
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
: but the righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
shall flourish
parach (Hebrew #6524)
to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
KJV usage: X abroad, X abundantly, blossom, break forth (out), bud, flourish, make fly, grow, spread, spring (up).
Pronounce: paw-rakh'
Origin: a primitive root
as a branch
`aleh (Hebrew #5929)
a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage
KJV usage: branch, leaf.
Pronounce: aw-leh'
Origin: from 5927
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Mark 10:24• 24And the disciples were amazed at his words. And Jesus again answering says to them, Children, how difficult it is that those who trust in riches should enter into the kingdom of God! (Mark 10:24)
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1 Tim. 6:9• 9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin. (1 Tim. 6:9)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 10:15• 15The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty. (Prov. 10:15)
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Deut. 8:12‑14• 12lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,
 13and thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied,
 14then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; (Deut. 8:12‑14)
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Job 31:24‑25• 24If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!
 25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; (Job 31:24‑25)
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Psa. 52:7• 7Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice. (Psa. 52:7)
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Psa. 62:10• 10Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it. (Psa. 62:10)
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Mark 10:24• 24And the disciples were amazed at his words. And Jesus again answering says to them, Children, how difficult it is that those who trust in riches should enter into the kingdom of God! (Mark 10:24)
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Luke 12:20• 20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared? (Luke 12:20)
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1 Tim. 6:17• 17Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment; (1 Tim. 6:17)
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Psa. 1:3• 3And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth. (Psa. 1:3)
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Psa. 52:8• 8But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I will confide in the loving-kindness of God for ever and ever. (Psa. 52:8)
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Psa. 92:12‑14• 12The righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.
 13Those that are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God:
 14They are still vigorous in old age, they are full of sap and green; (Psa. 92:12‑14)
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Isa. 60:21• 21Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall possess the land for ever--the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. (Isa. 60:21)
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Jer. 17:8• 8For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the stream, and he shall not see when heat cometh, but his leaf shall be green; and in the year of drought he shall not be careful, neither shall he cease to yield fruit. (Jer. 17:8)
• See the rich fool of Luke 12:16-21. The genuine riches are moral—not material. It is the righteous—not the moneyed man—who is truly wealthy. See the blessed man of Psalm 1. (“Proverbs Eleven” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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