Proverbs 15:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

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  • Prov 8:21 : 21 That I may cause those who love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.
  • Prov 21:20 : 20 There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.
  • Ps 112:3 : 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness shall endure forever.
  • Job 20:19-23 : 19 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build; 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save anything of what he desired. 21 None of his food shall be left; therefore no one shall look for his goods. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.
  • Eccl 5:10-14 : 10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep. 13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt. 14 But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
  • Heb 11:26 : 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the just.
  • Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.
  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days.

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    20There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.

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    10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable?

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    28He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

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  • Prov 13:6-7
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    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.

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    18Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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