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Proverbs 10:22
22If the Lord blesses you, you are really rich. Hard work will not make you any richer.
Proverbs 10:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
- New International Version (NIV)The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.
Context of Proverbs 10:22
20The words of righteous people are as valuable as the best silver. But the thoughts of wicked people are useless. 21The teaching of righteous people will help many people. But foolish people die because they are so stupid. If the Lord blesses you, you are really rich. Hard work will not make you any richer. 23A foolish person is happy when he does wicked things. But a wise person enjoys doing things that are right. 24The trouble that wicked people are afraid of will certainly happen to them. But righteous people will receive the things that they want.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:22 word by word
בִּרְכַּ֣ת יְ֭הוָה הִ֣יא תַעֲשִׁ֑יר וְלֹֽא־יוֹסִ֖ף עֶ֣צֶב עִמָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 10:22
- Genesis 12:2I will cause your descendants to become a great nation. I will bless you. Everyone will know your name. You will bring my blessing to other people.
- Genesis 13:2Abram had many valuable things. He had many cows, and much silver and gold.
- Genesis 14:23I promised that I would not take anything that belonged to you. I will not take the smallest thing, not even a piece of string, or part of a shoe. Then you will never be able to say, “I made Abram become rich.”
- Genesis 24:35The Lord has blessed my master very much, so that he has become very rich. The Lord has given him sheep and cows, and silver and gold. He has also given him male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.
- Genesis 26:12Isaac planted crops in the land and they grew very well. They made 100 times the amount of food that he had planted. This was because the Lord blessed him.
- Deuteronomy 8:17You must never say to yourself, ‘I have got all these valuable things because I am strong and clever!’
- 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes some people poor and he makes other people rich. He causes some people to be important and he puts other people low down.
- Psalms 37:22Yes, people that the Lord blesses will live safely in the land. But people that he has cursed will disappear.
- Psalms 107:38He blesses them, so that they have many children. Their animals also grow in number.
- Psalms 113:7He lifts poor people out of the dirt. And he lifts up weak people from the ashes.
- Proverbs 20:21If you receive riches too early in life, it will do you no good in the end.
- Proverbs 28:22Greedy people hurry to become rich. They do not know that they will soon be poor.
- Joshua 6:18Be careful! Do not take for yourselves the valuable things that belong to the Lord. If you do that, you will cause bad trouble to come to the whole Israelite army. The Lord will destroy us all.
- Joshua 7:1The Israelites did not obey what Joshua had said about the valuable things that belonged to God. Achan took some of these things for himself. He was Carmi's son, who was the son of Zimri, who was the son of Zerah. They were from the tribe of Judah. The Lord was very angry with the Israelites.
- 1 Kings 21:19Say to Ahab, “This is what the Lord says to you: You have murdered a man. You have taken the dead man's field for yourself.” Then say to him, “This is what the Lord says: In the place where the dogs drank Naboth's blood from the ground, dogs will drink your blood. Yes, they will drink your blood there too!” ’
- 2 Kings 5:26But Elisha said to him, ‘My spirit was with you when you went out. It was there when the man came down from his chariot to meet you. This is not the proper time to accept gifts of money, clothes, olive trees, vineyards, sheep, cows or servants.
Commentaries on Proverbs 10:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich - Whatever we receive in the way of providence, has God's blessing in it, and will do us good. Cares, troubles, and difficulties come with all property not acquired in this way; but God's blessing gives simple enjoyment, and levies no tax upon the comfort.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22Verse 22 That wealth which is truly desirable, has no vexation of spirit in the enjoyment; no grief for the loss; no guilt by the abuse of it. What comes from the love of God, has the grace of God for its companion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. it maketh, &c.--"it" is emphatic. Riches from God are without the sorrow of ill-gotten wealth (compare Ec 2:21-23; 1Ti 6:9, 10, 17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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