Proverbs 10:22
The Lord's blessing brings wealth,and he adds no trouble to it.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
In Context
21The lips of the righteous feed many,but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
23It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness,but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
Genesis 14:23that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
Genesis 26:12Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. The Lord blessed him.
Joshua 6:18But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes poor, and makes rich.He brings low, he also lifts up.
2 Kings 5:26He said to him, "Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?
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 →