Proverbs 10:23
To execute inventions [is] as play to a fool, || And wisdom to a man of understanding.
Literal Standard Version
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 YHWH—it makes rich, || And He adds no grief with it.
24The feared thing of the wicked meets him, || And the desire of the righteous is given.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:14Who are rejoicing to do evil, || They delight in [the] contrariness of the wicked,
Proverbs 15:21Folly is joy to one lacking heart, || And a man of intelligence directs [his] going.
Proverbs 26:18As [one] pretending to be feeble, || Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in your childhood, || And let your heart gladden you in days of your youth, || And walk in the ways of your heart, || And in the sight of your eyes, || And know that for all these, God brings you 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 →