Proverbs 10:23
It is as sport to a fool to do wicked deeds; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
In Context
22The blessing of the Lord it is which maketh rich, and painful labor addeth nothing thereto.
24What the wicked dreadeth, that will come upon him: but the longing of the righteous will God grant.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:14Who rejoice to do evil, who are delighted in the perverseness of the bad;
Proverbs 15:21Folly is joy to him that is void of sense; but a man of understanding walketh straight forward.
Proverbs 26:18As one fatigueth himself shooting off firebrands, arrows, and death:
Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youthful vigor, and walk firmly in the ways of thy heart, and in [the direction which] thy eyes see: but know thou, that concerning all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:23
The Advantages of the Righteous. 22 The blessing of the Lord , it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. Worldly wealth is that which most men have their hearts very much upon, but they generally mistake both in the nature of the thing they desire and in the way by which they hope to obtain it; we are therefore told here, 1. What that wealth is which is indeed desirable, not having abundance only, but having it and no sorrow with it, no disquieting care to get and keep it, no vexation of spirit in the… Read the whole commentary →