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Proverbs 10:22

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

The blessing of the Lord. The Septuagint adds, "upon the head of the righteous," as in Proverbs 10:6. Not chance and luck, not even industry and labour, but God giveth the increase (Ecclesiastes 5:18, Ecclesiastes 5:19).

He addeth no sorrow with it; i.e. with the Blessing. In acquiring and in using wealth thus blessed, the good man is contented and happy, while unsanctified fiches bring only trouble and vexation. But this seems rather feeble, and it is better to render, "And a man's own labor addeth nothing thereto."

A man's own work must not be regarded as an equal cause of prosperity with the favour of God. This sentiment is in accordance with Psalms 127:1, Psalms 127:2, "Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it so he giveth unto his beloved in sleep"—what others vainly labour for God giveth to the righteous without toil.

The rendering of the clause, "Trouble is of no avail without it," is scarcely warranted by the wording of the text.

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