Proverbs 15:6
In the bais of the tzaddik is much treasure, 1 but in the revenues of the rashah is trouble. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
5A fool spurns his musar av, 1 but he that is shomer over tokhakhat (reproof) is prudent. 1
7The sfatayim (lips) of chachamim disperse da'as, 1 but the lev of kesilim doeth not so. 1
Cross References
Job 20:19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the destitute; 1 because he hath violently seized a bais which he built not; 1
Psalms 112:3Wealth and osher (riches) shall be in his bais; 1 and his tzedakah endureth forever. 1
Proverbs 8:21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; 1 and I will fill their otzarot. 1
Proverbs 13:22A tov (good man) leaveth an inheritance to his bnei banim, 1 and the wealth of the choteh (sinner) is laid up for the tzaddik. 1
Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with tzedakah 1 than great revenues without mishpat (justice). 1
Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is a handful with tranquility than both the hands full with amal and chasing after ruach.
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 →