Proverbs 15:6
(In) The house of a just man is full great strength; and troubling is in the fruits of a wicked man. (In the house of the righteous is very great wealth; and trouble is in the fruits of the wicked.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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
Cross References
Job 20:19For he brake, and made naked the house of the poor man; he ravished it, and builded it not. (For he broke into, and emptied out, the house of the poor; and he stole, what he did not build.)
Psalms 112:3Glory and riches be in his house; and his rightfulness dwelleth into the world of world. (There shall be glory and riches in his house; and his righteousness remaineth forever and ever.)
Proverbs 8:21that I make rich them that love me (or so that I make rich those who love me), and that I fill their treasures/their treasuries.
Proverbs 13:22A good man shall leave after him heirs, sons, and the sons of sons; and the chattel of a sinner is kept to a just man. (A good person shall leave heirs after him, yea, sons and daughters, and their sons and daughters; but a sinner’s possessions shall be given to the righteous.)
Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with rightfulness, than many fruits with wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 4:6and saith, Better is an handful, with rest, than ever either hand full, with travail and torment of soul.
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 →