Proverbs 15:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 8:21 : 21 So that I may give my lovers wealth for their heritage, making their store-houses full.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
  • Prov 21:20 : 20 There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
  • Ps 112:3 : 3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.
  • Job 20:19-23 : 19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up; 20 There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight. 21 He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end. 22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him. 23 God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
  • Eccl 5:10-14 : 10 When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them? 11 The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come. 12 There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall. 13 And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand. 14 As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.
  • Heb 11:26 : 26 Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.
  • Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you. 2 Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing. 3 Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:16
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    16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2 Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

  • Prov 21:20
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    20 There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

  • Mic 6:10
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    10 Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?

  • Prov 11:28-29
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    28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

    29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Prov 13:6-7
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    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

    7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

  • Ps 37:16
    76%

    16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

  • Prov 15:27-28
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    27 He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.

    28 The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

  • Prov 3:33
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    33 The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Prov 13:21-23
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    21 Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

    22 The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

    23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Ps 112:3
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    3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6 In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7 The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

  • Job 22:18
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    18 Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

  • Prov 14:11
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    11 The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Prov 10:15-16
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    15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

    16 The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6 Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13 And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

  • Prov 21:6-7
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    6 He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.

    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 19:14
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    14 House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

    4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

    6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • Prov 11:23
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    23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Hab 2:9
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    9 A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!

  • Prov 17:13
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    13 If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8 The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18 The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15 Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5 The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16 When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.

  • Prov 12:13
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    13 In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.