Proverbs 15:6
There are many valuable things in the houses of righteous people; the wealth of wicked people causes them to have troubles/difficulties.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Job 20:19because they oppressed poor people and refused to help them, and they took other people’s houses by cheating them.
Psalms 112:3Their families [MTY] will be very wealthy [DOU], and the results of their righteous deeds will endure forever.
Proverbs 8:21I give wealth to those who love me; I fill their houses with valuable things.
Proverbs 13:22When good people die, their grandchildren inherit their money; but when sinners die, the money that they had will end up in the hands of righteous people.
Proverbs 16:8It is better to have a small amount of money that is earned honestly than to have a lot of money that is acquired dishonestly.
Ecclesiastes 4:6So I say, “It is better to be content with not having much money, than to work very hard and try to get a lot of money, which is as useless as chasing the wind.”
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 →