The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
- KJV The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
- NKJV The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.
- NASB It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich, And He adds no sorrow to it.
- NLT The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
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Quick answer
Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no sorrow with it. True prosperity comes from God and is free of the grief that ill-gotten gain carries.
Overview
This proverb attributes genuine, untroubled prosperity to the Lord's blessing rather than to anxious or sinful striving. God-given blessing does not come laden with the sorrow that accompanies wealth wrongly gained. It calls us to trust the Lord as the source of every good gift (James 1:17) rather than scheming for gain.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 107:38He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
- Gen 26:12Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
- 1 Sam 2:7–8The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- Gen 24:35“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
- Gen 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Deut 8:17–18You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
- Ps 37:22Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
- Ps 113:7–8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
- Prov 20:21An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
- Gen 13:2And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
- Prov 28:22A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
- 2 Kgs 5:26–27But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
- Zech 5:4I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
- Gen 14:23that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
- Job 27:8–23For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Jas 5:1–5Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
- Josh 7:1–26The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.
- Josh 6:18But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.
- 1 Kgs 21:19Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
- Hab 2:6–12Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
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