Proverbs 21:20
There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
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In Context
19It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
21He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.
Cross References
Job 20:15He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.
Psalms 23:5You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
Ecclesiastes 5:19\5:20\He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.
Ecclesiastes 10:19A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.
Matthew 6:19Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:20
19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. Note, 1. Unbridled passions embitter and spoil the comfort of all relations. A peevish angry wife makes her husband's life uneasy, to whom she should be a comfort and a meet help. Those cannot dwell in peace and happiness that cannot dwell in peace and love. Even those that are one flesh, if they be not withal one spirit, have no joy of their union. 2. It is better to have no company than bad company. The wife of thy covenant… Read the whole commentary →