Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of YHWH—it makes rich, || And He adds no grief with it.
Literal Standard Version
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 delight many, || And fools die for lack of heart.
23To execute inventions [is] as play to a fool, || And wisdom to a man of understanding.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I make you become a great nation, and bless you, and make your name great; and be a blessing.
Genesis 14:23from a thread even to a shoe-strap I do not take of anything which you have, that you do not say, I have made Abram rich;
Genesis 26:12And Isaac sows in that land, and finds in that year a hundredfold, and YHWH blesses him;
Joshua 6:18and surely you have kept from the devoted thing, lest you devote [yourselves], and have taken from the devoted thing, and have made the camp of Israel become a devoted thing, and have troubled it;
1 Samuel 2:7YHWH dispossesses, and He makes rich, || He makes low, indeed, He makes high.
2 Kings 5:26And he says to him, “My heart did not go when the man turned from off his chariot to meet you; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, 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 →