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Proverbs 10:22

Proverbs chapter 10 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

Context

v.21The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

v.22This passage

v.23It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; Andso iswisdom to a man of understanding.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 20:21

    An inheritancemay be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  • Genesis 13:2

    And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

  • Psalms 107:38

    He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

  • Habakkuk 2:6

    Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!

  • 1 Kings 21:19

    And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

  • Zechariah 5:4

    I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.