Proverbs 15:6
The house of the just is very much strength: and in the fruits of the wicked is trouble.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 disperse knowledge: the heart of fools shall be unlike.
Cross References
Job 20:19Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
Psalms 112:3From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.
Proverbs 8:21That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.
Proverbs 13:22The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.
Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.
Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.
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 →