Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the righteous; it enriches him, and grief of heart shall not be added to it.
Brenton Septuagint
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 righteous know sublime truths: but the foolish die in want.
23A fool does mischief in + 10:23 Gr. laughter.sport; but wisdom brings forth prudence for a man.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
Genesis 14:23that I will not take from all thy goods from a string to a shoe-latchet, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich.
Genesis 26:12And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year barley an hundred-fold, and the Lord blessed him.
Joshua 6:18But keep yourselves strictly from the accursed thing, lest ye set your mind upon and take of the accursed thing, and ye make the camp of the children of Israel an accursed thing, and destroy us.
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; he brings low, and lifts up.
2 Kings 5:26Whence comest thou, Giezi? and Giezi said, Thy servant has not been hither or thither. And Elisaie said to him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man returned from his chariot to meet thee? and now thou hast received silver, and now thou hast received raiment, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants.
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 →