Proverbs 15:6 King James Version (KJV)

6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.


Proverbs 15:6 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

6 In the house H1004 of the righteous H6662 is much H7227 treasure: H2633 but in the revenues H8393 of the wicked H7563 is trouble. H5916


Proverbs 15:6 American Standard (ASV)

6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.


Proverbs 15:6 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

6 `In' the house of the righteous `is' abundant strength, And in the increase of the wicked -- trouble.


Proverbs 15:6 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

6 In the house of a righteous [man] is much treasure; but in the revenue of a wicked [man] is disturbance.


Proverbs 15:6 World English Bible (WEB)

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


Proverbs 15:6 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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

Cross Reference

Proverbs 8:21 KJV

That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

Psalms 112:3 KJV

Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

Proverbs 10:22 KJV

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Proverbs 21:20 KJV

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Job 20:19-23 KJV

Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 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.

Psalms 37:16 KJV

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Proverbs 13:22 KJV

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Proverbs 15:16 KJV

Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Proverbs 16:8 KJV

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 KJV

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-14 KJV

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Hebrews 11:26 KJV

Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

James 5:1-3 KJV

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

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Commentary on Proverbs 15 Keil & Delitzsch Commentary


Verses 1-6

We take these verses together as forming a group which begins with a proverb regarding the good and evil which flows from the tongue, and closes with a proverb regarding the treasure in which blessing is found, and that in which no blessing is found.

Proverbs 15:1

1 A soft answer turneth away wrath,

And a bitter word stirreth up anger.

In the second line, the common word for anger ( אף , from the breathing with the nostrils, Proverbs 14:17) is purposely placed, but in the first, that which denotes anger in the highest degree ( חמה from יחם , cogn. חמם , Arab. hamiya , to glow, like שׁנה from ישׁן ): a mild, gentle word turns away the heat of anger ( excandescentiam ), puts it back, cf. Proverbs 25:15. The Dagesh in רּך follows the rule of the דחיק , i.e. , of the close connection of a word terminating with the accented eh, aah, ah with the following word ( Michlol 63b). The same is the meaning of the Latin proverb:

Frangitur ira gravis

Quando est responsio suavis