Proverbs 15:6
The house of the just has very great strength. And in the fruits of the impious, there is disorder.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
In Context
7The lips of the wise shall disseminate knowledge. The heart of the foolish will be dissimilar.
Cross References
Job 20:19For, having broken in, he stripped the poor. He has quickly stolen away a house he did not build.
Psalms 112:3From the rising of the sun, even to its setting, praiseworthy is the name of the Lord.
Proverbs 8:21so that I may enrich those who love me, and thus complete their treasures.
Proverbs 13:22The good leave behind heirs: children and grandchildren. And the substance of the sinner is preserved for the just.
Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with justice, than many fruits with iniquity.
Ecclesiastes 4:6“A handful with rest is better than both hands filled with labors and with affliction of the soul.”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:6
5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. Hence, 1. Let superiors be admonished to give instruction and reproof to those that are under their charge, as they will answer it in the day of account. They must not only instruct with the light of knowledge, but reprove with the heat of zeal; and both these must be done with the authority and affection of a father, and must be continued, though the desired effect be not immediately perceived. If the instruction be despised,… Read the whole commentary →