Proverbs 10:23
It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.
World English Bible
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 LORD’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
24What the wicked fear will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
Proverbs 15:21Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.
Proverbs 26:18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring 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 →