Proverbs 10:23
The foolish work wickedness as if in jest. But wisdom is prudence to a man.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
In Context
22The blessing of the Lord causes riches. Affliction will not be a companion to them.
24What the impious fear will overwhelm them. The just shall be given their desire.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:14who rejoice when they have done evil, and who exult in the most wicked things.
Proverbs 15:21Folly is gladness to the foolish. And the prudent man sets his own steps in order.
Proverbs 26:18Just as he is guilty who let loose the arrows and the lances unto death,
Ecclesiastes 11:9So then, rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:23
The Advantages of the Righteous. 22 The blessing of the Lord , it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. Worldly wealth is that which most men have their hearts very much upon, but they generally mistake both in the nature of the thing they desire and in the way by which they hope to obtain it; we are therefore told here, 1. What that wealth is which is indeed desirable, not having abundance only, but having it and no sorrow with it, no disquieting care to get and keep it, no vexation of spirit in the… Read the whole commentary →