Proverbs 15:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 8:21 : 21 that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, and that I may fill their treasuries.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.
  • Prov 21:20 : 20 There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.
  • Ps 112:3 : 3 His house contains wealth and riches; his integrity endures.
  • Job 20:19-23 : 19 For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build. 20 For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape. 21 “Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. The full force of misery will come upon him. 23 “While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.
  • Eccl 5:10-14 : 10 Covetousness The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile. 11 When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes? 12 The sleep of the laborer is pleasant– whether he eats little or much– but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep. 13 Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery. 14 Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.
  • Heb 11:26 : 26 He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward.
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.
  • Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth and turmoil with it.
  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Warning to the Rich Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!

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    2Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

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    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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    27The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

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