Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord causes riches. Affliction will not be a companion to them.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
In Context
21The lips of the just instruct many. But those who are unlearned shall die in destitution of heart.
23The foolish work wickedness as if in jest. But wisdom is prudence to a man.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.
Genesis 14:23that from one thread within a blanket, even to a single shoelace, I will not take anything from that which is yours, lest you say, ‘I have enriched Abram,’
Genesis 26:12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and he found, in that same year, one hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him.
Joshua 6:18But you must be careful that you do not touch any of those things, as you have been instructed, for then you would be guilty of transgression, and all the camp of Israel would be under sin and would be troubled.
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord impoverishes, and he enriches. He humbles, and he lifts up.
2 Kings 5:26But he said: “Was my heart not present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? And now you have received money, and you have received garments, so that you might buy olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men and women servants.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:21-22
20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. We are here taught how to value men, not by their wealth and preferment in the world, but by their virtue. I. Good men are good for something. Though they may be poor and low in the world, and may not have power and riches to do good with, yet, as long as they have a mouth to speak, that will make them valuable and useful, and upon that account we must… Read the whole commentary →