Proverbs 15:6
The household of the righteous man, is a great treasure, but, in the increase of the lawless, is disturbance.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
7The lips of the wise, scatter abroad knowledge, but, the heart of dullards, is not right.
Cross References
Job 20:19For he hath oppressed—hath forsaken the poor, A house, hath he seized, which he cannot rebuild.
Psalms 112:3Wealth and riches, shall be in his house, and, his righteousness, standeth for aye.
Proverbs 8:21That I may cause them who love me to inherit substance, and, their treasuries, I may fill.
Proverbs 13:22A good man, leaveth an inheritance to children’s children, but, laid up for the righteous, is the wealth of the sinner.
Proverbs 16:8Better a little with righteousness, than large revenues, without justice.
Ecclesiastes 4:6Better a handful—with quietness,—than both hands, full—with toil, and feeding on 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 →