Proverbs 15:6
The house of the righteous has great treasure, but the income of the wicked is trouble.
Berean Standard Bible
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
5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
Cross References
Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
Psalms 112:3Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
Proverbs 8:21bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
Proverbs 16:8Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
Ecclesiastes 4:6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
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 →