Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord, it maketh riche, and he doeth adde no sorowes with it.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
In Context
21The lippes of the righteous doe feede many: but fooles shall die for want of wisedome.
23It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and will blesse thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing.
Genesis 14:23That I will not take of all that is thine, so much as a threde or shoolatchet, lest thou shouldest say, I haue made Abram riche,
Genesis 26:12Afterwarde Izhak sowed in that lande, and founde in the same yeere an hundreth folde by estimation: and so the Lord blessed him.
Joshua 6:18Notwithstanding, be ye ware of the execrable thing, lest ye make your selues execrable, and in taking of the execrable thing, make also the hoste of Israel execrable, and trouble it.
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord maketh poore and maketh rich: bringeth lowe, and exalteth.
2 Kings 5:26But he saide vnto him, Went not mine heart with thee when the man turned againe from his charet to meete thee? Is this a time to take money, and to receiue garments, and oliues, and vineyardes, and sheepe, and oxen, and men seruants, and maide seruants?
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 →