THEOSISProverbs 21:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
There is a treasure to be desired, and oil in the dwelling of the just: and the foolish man shall spend it.
אוֹצָ֤ר ׀ נֶחְמָ֣ד וָ֭שֶׁמֶן בִּנְוֵ֣ה חָכָ֑ם וּכְסִ֖יל אָדָ֣ם יְבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Matt 25:3But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them.
- Matt 25:4But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps.
- Ps 112 (111):3
- Eccl 5:19For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight.
- Prov 15:6The house of the just is very much strength: and in the fruits of the wicked is trouble.
- Eccl 7:11Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.
- Prov 10:22The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall affliction be joined to them.
- Luke 15:14And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country: and he began to be in want.