Proverbs 10:22
in Proverbs 10The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
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ASV
The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.
KJV
The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
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This verse in Proverbs 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver
on Proverbs 10:20-25
The unit weighs the tongue: “The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment”. “The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it” answers the wealth sayings of the chapter's opening.
This site's exposition
The blessing of the LORD enriches
Wealth gained by grasping or by fraud comes with cares attached. Adam Clarke says the blessing of the LORD gives simple enjoyment and levies no tax upon the comfort. The verse answers the ill-gotten treasures of verse 2.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The 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.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בִּרְכַּ֣ת | birkat | [the] blessing of | H1293 → | 69 times |
| יְ֭הוָה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הִ֣יא | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| תַעֲשִׁ֑יר | taashir | it makes rich | H6238 → | 17 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יוֹסִ֖ף | yosif | he adds | H3254 → | 212 times |
| עֶ֣צֶב | ʾetzev | sorrow | H6089 → | 7 times |
| עִמָּֽהּ׃ | ʾimah | with it | H5973 → | 1050 times |
בִּרְכַּ֣ת[the] blessing of
birkatH1293 →69 times
יְ֭הוָהYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הִ֣יאit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
תַעֲשִׁ֑ירit makes rich
taashirH6238 →17 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יוֹסִ֖ףhe adds
yosifH3254 →212 times
עֶ֣צֶבsorrow
ʾetzevH6089 →7 times
עִמָּֽהּ׃with it
ʾimahH5973 →1050 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 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.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:9
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
- Galatians 3:14
He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
- Genesis 18:18
Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
- Genesis 17:4–6
“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
- Genesis 28:3–4
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
- 2 Samuel 7:9
Through
Genesis 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.
it leads to
- Genesis 24:1
By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 13:2
And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
- Genesis 24:1
Through
Genesis 26:12Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
it leads to
- Mark 4:8
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”
- Mark 4:8
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
