Proverbs 15:6
In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Updated King James Version
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
5A fool despises his father's instruction: but he that regards reproof is prudent.
7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish does not so.
Cross References
Job 20:19Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away an house which he built not;
Psalms 112:3Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endures for ever.
Proverbs 8:21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
Proverbs 13:22A good man left an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
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 →