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Proverbs 10:22 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 10 · verse 22
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.Proverbs 10:22 · King James Version
What Proverbs 10:22 means
The second half is the point. Plenty of things make a person rich and bring sorrow along with them. Solomon separates the two: what God gives does not arrive with that attached. It is not a promise of wealth so much as a description of what his kind of blessing is like.
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Proverbs 10:22 in context
20The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
22The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
23It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 107:38
- Genesis 26:12
- 1 Samuel 2:7-8
- Genesis 24:35
- Genesis 12:2
- Psalms 37:22
- Deuteronomy 8:17-18
- Psalms 113:7-8
Key words (Strong's)
- blessingBᵉrâkâhbenedictionH1293 →
- addethyâçaphto add or augmentH3254 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- richʻâsharproperly, to accumulateH6238 →
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Worldly wealth is that which most men have their hearts very much upon, but they generally mistake both in the nature of the thing they desire and in the way by which they hope to obtain it; we are therefore told here, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary