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Proverbs 21

Prov. 21:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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There is treasure
'owtsar (Hebrew #214)
a depository
KJV usage: armory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).
Pronounce: o-tsaw'
Origin: from 686
l to be desired
chamad (Hebrew #2530)
to delight in
KJV usage: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, (X great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
Pronounce: khaw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
and oil
shemen (Hebrew #8081)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV usage: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
Pronounce: sheh'-men
Origin: from 8080
m in the dwelling
naveh (Hebrew #5116)
from 5115; (adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)
KJV usage: comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.
Pronounce: naw-veh'
Origin: or (feminine) navah {naw-vaw'}
of the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
; but a foolish
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
spendeth it up
bala` (Hebrew #1104)
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
KJV usage: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Pronounce: baw-lah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Luke 6:45• 45The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth good; and the wicked man out of the wicked, brings forth what is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. (Luke 6:45)
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Matt. 25:3‑4• 3They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them;
 4but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches. (Matt. 25:3‑4)

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Ministry on This Verse

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treasure.
Prov. 10:22• 22The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow to it. (Prov. 10:22)
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Prov. 15:6• 6In the house of a righteous man is much treasure; but in the revenue of a wicked man is disturbance. (Prov. 15:6)
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Psa. 112:3• 3Wealth and riches shall be in his house; and his righteousness abideth for ever. (Psa. 112:3)
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Eccl. 5:19• 19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour: that is a gift of God. (Eccl. 5:19)
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Eccl. 7:11• 11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun. (Eccl. 7:11)
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Eccl. 10:19• 19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything. (Eccl. 10:19)
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Matt. 6:19‑20• 19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;
 20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal; (Matt. 6:19‑20)
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Luke 6:45• 45The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth good; and the wicked man out of the wicked, brings forth what is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. (Luke 6:45)
oil.
Psa. 23:5• 5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over. (Psa. 23:5)
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Jer. 41:8• 8But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Do not kill us, for we have hidden stores in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbore, and did not kill them among their brethren. (Jer. 41:8)
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Matt. 25:3‑4• 3They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them;
 4but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches. (Matt. 25:3‑4)
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Matt. 25:3‑4,8• 3They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them;
 4but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.
 8And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out. (Matt. 25:3‑4,8)
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Luke 15:14• 14But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want. (Luke 15:14)
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Luke 16:1,19‑25• 1And he said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and *he* was accused to him as wasting his goods.
 19Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
 20And there was a poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his gateway full of sores,
 21and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores.
 22And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.
 23And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
 24And he crying out said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this flame.
 25But Abraham said, Child, recollect that *thou* hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and *thou* art in suffering. (Luke 16:1,19‑25)
• The wise man does not live for the present but prudently considers the coming years when strength will fail, and he will be unable to labor as in his youth and prime. Therefore when his days of rest from toil come, he has costly store laid by for the sustenance of those dependent still upon him. (“Proverbs Twenty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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There is costly store and oil in the dwelling of a wise man; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.