Proverbs 15:6
In the house of the righteous there is much treasure; but in the income of the wicked is trouble.
Leeser Tanakh
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 scatter knowledge; but the heart of fools is not reliable.
Cross References
Job 20:19Because he oppressed and forsook the indigent; because he took violently away a house, shall he not rebuild it;
Psalms 112:3Plenty and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness shall endure for ever.
Proverbs 8:21That I may cause those that love me to inherit a lasting possession; and their treasures will I fill
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is treasured up for the righteous.
Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with righteousness, than great incomes through injustice.
Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is a handful of quiet, than both the hands full of toil and torture of spirit.
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 →