Proverbs 21:20
The wise hold on to their wealth and olive oil, but stupid people use up everything they have.
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19It's better to live in a desert than with an argumentative and bad-tempered wife.
21If you pursue goodness and trustworthy love, you'll find life, prosperity, and honor.
Cross References
Job 20:15They swallow wealth and vomit it up again; God forces it from their stomachs.
Psalms 23:5You prepare a banquet for me before my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with olive oil. My cup is so full it overflows!
Proverbs 10:22The Lord's blessing makes you rich, and he doesn't add any sadness to accompany it.
Ecclesiastes 5:19In addition, everyone to whom God gives wealth and possessions he also gives the ability to enjoy these gifts, to be grateful for what they are given, and to enjoy the work they do. This is also God's gift to us.
Ecclesiastes 10:19A good meal brings pleasure; wine makes life pleasant; money provides for all needs.
Matthew 6:19Don't pile up wealth here on earth where moths and rust ruin it, and where thieves break in and steal it.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:20
19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. Note, 1. Unbridled passions embitter and spoil the comfort of all relations. A peevish angry wife makes her husband's life uneasy, to whom she should be a comfort and a meet help. Those cannot dwell in peace and happiness that cannot dwell in peace and love. Even those that are one flesh, if they be not withal one spirit, have no joy of their union. 2. It is better to have no company than bad company. The wife of thy covenant… Read the whole commentary →