Proverbs 15:6

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 8:21 : 21 That I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
  • Prov 21:20 : 20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
  • Ps 112:3 : 3 Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.
  • Job 20:19-23 : 19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. 20 "Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights. 21 There was nothing left that he didn't devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
  • 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, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his 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: wealth kept by its owner to his harm. 14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
  • Heb 11:26 : 26 accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of 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 for the righteous.
  • Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.
  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. 2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.

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    20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

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    10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?

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    28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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    27He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

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    21Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

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    7The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

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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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