Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord maketh rich men (or The blessing of the Lord maketh people rich); and torment shall not be fellowshipped to them.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 a just man teach full many men; but they that be unlearned shall die in neediness of heart. (The lips of the righteous teach a great many people; but they who be ignorant, shall die without any understanding.)

23A fool worketh wickedness as by laughing; but wisdom is prudence to a man, or but prudence is to a wise man. (A fool worketh wickedness with laughter; but wisdom is a delight to those with understanding.)

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Cross References

Genesis 12:2and I shall make thee into a great folk (or and I shall make thee into a great nation), and I shall bless thee, and I shall magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed;

Genesis 14:23that from the thread of [the] woof till to the lanyard of the hose, I shall not take (anything) of all things that be thine, lest thou say, I [have] made Abram rich;

Genesis 26:12Forsooth Isaac sowed in that land, and he found an hundredfold increase in that year (or and he received a hundredfold increase that year); and the Lord blessed him.

Joshua 6:18And be ye ware, lest ye touch anything of these [things] that be forbidden to you, and ye be guilty of trespassing; and all the tents of Israel be under sin, and be troubled, (or for then all the tents of Israel would be under sin, and we would be in great trouble).

1 Samuel 2:7The Lord maketh poor, and he maketh rich; he maketh low, and he raiseth up.

2 Kings 5:26And Elisha said, Whether mine heart was not present there, when the man turned again from his chariot into the meeting of thee? Now therefore thou hast taken silver, and thou hast taken clothes, (so) that thou (can) buy places of olives, and vineries, and sheep, and oxen, and servants, and handmaids;

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 →

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