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Proverbs 15:6

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In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
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  1. Proverbs 8:21Rank 1 from verse 6
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    21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

  2. Proverbs 10:22Rank 2 from verse 6
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    22The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

  3. Proverbs 21:20Rank 3 from verse 6
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    20There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

  4. Psalms 112:3Rank 4 from verse 6
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    3Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

  5. Hebrews 11:26Rank 5 from verse 6
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    26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

  6. Proverbs 16:8Rank 6 from verse 6
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    8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

  7. Psalms 37:16Rank 7 from verse 6
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    16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

  8. Ecclesiastes 4:6Rank 8 from verse 6
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    6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

  9. Job 20:19–23Rank 9 from verse 6
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    19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

    20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

    21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

    22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

    23When 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.

  10. Proverbs 13:22Rank 10 from verse 6
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    22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

  11. Proverbs 15:16Rank 11 from verse 6
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    16Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

  12. James 5:1–3Rank 12 from verse 6
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    1GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

    2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

    3Your 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.

  13. Ecclesiastes 5:10–14Rank 13 from verse 6
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    10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

    11When 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?

    12The 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.

    13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

    14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

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Proverbs 15:6

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

treasure

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Sense 1: Valuable things or provisions stored; a specially valued possession. Sense 2: An inward store from which something is brought forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

revenues

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Plural form of revenue (income, proceeds, return, or yield received from property, taxation, trade, or produce).

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trouble

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Sense 1: Disturbance, affliction, distress, vexation, or difficulty. Sense 2: To disturb, distress, afflict, or inconvenience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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15:5A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

15:6In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

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15:7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

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