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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• 24{i}And the disciples were amazed at his words.{/i} And Jesus answers again, and says to them, Children, how difficult it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! (Mark 10:24)
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1 Tim. 6:9• 9But those that wish to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, such as sink men into destruction and perdition. (1 Tim. 6:9)

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Prov. 10:15• 15The rich one's wealth [is] his strong city;{HR}The poor's destruction [is] their poverty. (Prov. 10:15)
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Deut. 8:12‑14• 12{i}lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,{/i}
 13{i}and thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied,{/i}
 14{i}then 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;{/i} (Deut. 8:12‑14)
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Job 31:24‑25• 24If I made gold my confidence,{HR}And to the pure gold said, My trust;
 25If I rejoiced because my weal [was] great,{HR}And because my hand found much; (Job 31:24‑25)
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Psa. 52:7• 7Behold, the man that made not God his strength,{HR}But confided in the abundance of his riches;{HR}He strengthened himself in his wickedness. (Psa. 52:7)
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Psa. 62:10• 10Confide not in oppression,{HR}And in robbery be not vain;{HR}If riches increase,{HR}Set not [your] heart [on them]. (Psa. 62:10)
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Mark 10:24• 24{i}And the disciples were amazed at his words.{/i} And Jesus answers again, and says to them, Children, how difficult it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! (Mark 10:24)
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Luke 12:20• 20But God said unto 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• 17Those rich in the present age charge not to be highminded, nor to set their hope on uncertainty of riches, but on the God that affordeth us all things richly for enjoyment; (1 Tim. 6:17)
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Psa. 1:3• 3And he is as a tree planted by the waterbrooks,{HR}Which yieldeth its fruit in its season,{HR}And its leaf fadeth not;{HR}And all that he doeth prospereth. (Psa. 1:3)
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Psa. 52:8• 8But for me, I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God;{HR}I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. (Psa. 52:8)
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Psa. 92:12‑14• 12The righteous one shall sprout as the palm,{HR}As a cedar in Lebanon shall he grow.
 13Planted in Jehovah's house,{HR}In the courts of our God, they shall flourish.
 14Still shall they bear fruit in old age;{HR}Fat and green shall they be; (Psa. 92:12‑14)
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Isa. 60:21• 21Thy people also [shall be] all righteous: they shall possess the land forever—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 as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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