Proverbs 15:6 (BSB)

The house of the righteous has great treasure, but the income of the wicked is trouble.

From Proverbs 15. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 15:6

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 15:6: Note, 1. Where righteousness is riches are, and the comforts of them: In the house of the righteous is much treasure. Religion teaches men to be diligent, temperate, and just, and by these means, ordinarily, the estate is increased. But that is not all: God blesses the habitation of the just, and that blessing makes rich without trouble.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 15:6: In the house of the righteous is much treasure,.... God sometimes blesses the righteous with great riches, as he did Abraham; or, however, if they have but little, it is better than the riches of many wicked; because they have what they have with a blessing, and they are content with it: and they have abundance of spiritual treasure; they have God for their portion...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 15:6: treasure--implying utility. trouble--vexation and affliction.
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 15:6: In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. (a) For though they have much yet it is full of trouble and care.