Proverbs 10:22-24

Easy-to-Read Version

²²It is the Lord’s blessing that brings wealth, and no hard work can add to it.^[a]

²³Fools enjoy doing wrong, but the wise enjoy wisdom.

²⁴The wicked will be defeated by what they fear, but good people will get what they want.

Proverbs 10:22 Or “A blessing from the Lord will bring you true wealth—wealth without troubles.”

Proverbs 10:22-24

New International Version

²²The blessing of the Lord^(A) brings wealth,^(B)
without painful toil for it.^(C)

²³A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes,^(D)
but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

²⁴What the wicked dread^(E) will overtake them;^(F)
what the righteous desire will be granted.^(G)

²²The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

²³It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

²⁴The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)