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Proverbs 21:20
20Wise people store valuable things and good food in their houses. But foolish people waste everything immediately.
Proverbs 21:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
- New International Version (NIV)The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There is desirable treasure, And oil in the dwelling of the wise, But a foolish man squanders it.
Context of Proverbs 21:20
18When trouble comes, wicked people receive the pain instead of righteous people. 19It is better to live alone in a desert than to live with a wife who quarrels and complains. Wise people store valuable things and good food in their houses. But foolish people waste everything immediately. 21If you are kind and faithful, you will live a long life! Other people will respect you and they will be kind to you. 22A wise person can win against a city that is full of strong men. He can destroy the strong place that they trust to keep them safe.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:20 word by word
אוֹצָ֤ר׀ נֶחְמָ֣ד וָ֭שֶׁמֶן בִּנְוֵ֣ה חָכָ֑ם וּכְסִ֖יל אָדָ֣ם יְבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:20
- Proverbs 10:22If the Lord blesses you, you are really rich. Hard work will not make you any richer.
- Proverbs 15:6Righteous people have many valuable things in their homes. But the riches of wicked people bring trouble to them.
- Psalms 112:3His family will have valuable things, and they will be rich. People will always remember the good things that they have done.
- Ecclesiastes 5:19God gives some people a lot of money and valuable things. He helps them to enjoy those things and to be happy with their work. All of this is a gift from God.
- Ecclesiastes 7:11It is good to have wisdom, like money that you receive from your father. Wisdom helps everyone who lives.
- Ecclesiastes 10:19Good food and wine help us to laugh and to be happy. But you need to have money to buy everything.
- Matthew 6:19Do not want to have many valuable things here in the world. Insects or water can destroy those kinds of things. Or people may come into your house and they can rob you of those things.
- Luke 6:45People are also like that. A good man keeps good things in his mind. In his life, he brings those good things out from there. But a bad man keeps bad things in his mind. He brings those bad thoughts out from there. When a person speaks, his words show what is really in his mind.’
- Psalms 23:5You prepare a big meal for me while my enemies watch. You put olive oil on my head. You bless me so much that my cup is completely full.
- Jeremiah 41:8But ten of the men said, ‘Please do not kill us! We have hidden lots of wheat, barley, olive oil and honey in a field. We will give it to you.’ So Ishmael let them stay alive. He did not kill them with the other men.
- Matthew 25:3The silly women took their lamps with them, but they did not take any extra oil with them.
- Luke 15:14After he had spent everything, there was no rain in that country. There was almost no food anywhere. So the young man had nothing to eat.
- Luke 16:1Jesus told another story to his disciples: ‘A rich man had a servant who worked for him. The servant took care of the money and things that belonged to the man. Then some people told the rich man that his servant was wasting his master's things.
Commentaries on Proverbs 21:20
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Spendeth it up - literally, swalloweth it. The wise man keeps a store in reserve. He gains uprightly, spends moderately, never exhausts himself. But the proverb may have also a higher application. The wise man stores up all “treasure to be desired” of wisdom, all “oil” of divine influence, which strengthens and refreshes, and so is ready at all times for the work to which the Master calls him. Compare Matthew 25:1-13.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20Verse 20 The plenty obtained by prudence, industry, and frugality, is desirable. But the foolish misspend what they have upon their lusts.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20See also to Proverbs 3:9–10, 15–16; 10:15, 16, 22; 14:24.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. The wise, by diligence and care, lay up and increase wealth, while fools spend--literally, "swallow it up," greedily.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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