Holy Scripture

Proverbs 10:6

A church father on this verse
“The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the righteous, etc. The righteous will be told in judgment: Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom (Matt. 25). The mouths of the wicked, which served for revelry, drunkenness, and evil gossip, will be condemned by the wickedness they practiced. Indeed, the mout…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Proverbs

Source: Septuagint

Original

6The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: But untimely grief shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.

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In context

4Poverty brings a man low: But the hands of the vigorous make rich. a A son who is instructed shall be wise, And shall use the fool for a servant.

5A wise son is saved from heat: But a lawless son is blighted of the winds in harvest.

— Proverbs 10:6 —

7The memory of the just is praised; But the name of the ungodly man is extinguished.

8A wise man in heart will receive commandments; But he that is unguarded in his lips shall be overthrown in his perverseness.

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