Proverbs 10:23
כִּשְׂחוֹק לִכְסִיל עֲשׂוֹת זִמָּה וְחָכְמָה לְאִישׁ תְּבוּנָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
In Context
22בִּרְכַּת יְהוָה הִיא תַעֲשִׁיר וְלֹֽא ־ יוֹסִף עֶצֶב עִמָּֽהּ ׃
24מְגוֹרַת רָשָׁע הִיא תְבוֹאֶנּוּ וְתַאֲוַת צַדִּיקִים יִתֵּֽן ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 2:14הַשְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂוֹת רָע יָגִילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכוֹת רָֽע ׃
Proverbs 15:21אִוֶּלֶת שִׂמְחָה לַחֲסַר ־ לֵב וְאִישׁ תְּבוּנָה יְיַשֶּׁר ־ לָֽכֶת ׃
Proverbs 26:18כְּֽמִתְלַהְלֵהַּ הַיֹּרֶה זִקִּים חִצִּים וָמָֽוֶת ׃
Ecclesiastes 11:9שְׂמַח בָּחוּר בְּיַלְדוּתֶיךָ וִֽיטִֽיבְךָ לִבְּךָ בִּימֵי בְחוּרוֹתֶךָ וְהַלֵּךְ בְּדַרְכֵי לִבְּךָ וּבְמַרְאֵי עֵינֶיךָ וְדָע כִּי עַל ־ כָּל ־ אֵלֶּה יְבִֽיאֲךָ הָאֱלֹהִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט ׃
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 →