9. The proverbs of Solomon: Or, rather, 2. Commentary on Proverbs 10:10 (Read Proverbs 10:10) Trick and artifice will be no excuse for iniquity. 6. The good man's mouth is always open to teach, comfort, and correct others. b. b. Bad men are good for nothing. The hand of the acute (so some), of those who are sharp, but not sharpers; the hand of the active (so others); the stirring hand gets a penny. a. b. He said a businessman who received the letter fled at once and was never seen again. b. It is therefore good to keep our mouth as with a bridle: He that refrains his lips, that often checks himself, suppresses what he has thought, and holds in that which would transpire, is a wise man; it is an evidence of his wisdom, and he therein consults his own peace. The tongue of the righteous is choice silver: The words that the righteous one speaks are full of goodness and benefit, like choice silver. They are short but weighty sentences; most of them are distichs, two sentences in one verse, illustrating each other; but it is seldom that there is any coherence between the verses, much less any thread of discourse, and therefore in these chapters we need not attempt to reduce the contents to their proper heads, the several sentences will appear best in their own places. “A man of understanding finds sport in wisdom. It will profit to such a degree as to deliver, though not from the stroke of death, yet from the sting of it, and consequently from the terror of it. The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, Verses 31-32 Here, as before, men are judged of, and, accordingly, are justified or condemned, by their words, Mt. You can check these in your browser security settings. The destruction of the poor: In this world, poverty puts the poor man at a great disadvantage, sometimes leading to their destruction. This proverb contrasts the foolish son with the wise son. Wisdom and grace are the honour of good men: He that has understanding, that good understanding which those have that do the commandments, wisdom is found in his lips, that is, it is discovered to be there, and consequently that he has within a good treasure of it, and it is derived thence for the benefit of others. The just reproach and blame of those who trifle away these opportunities: He who sleeps, loves his ease, idles away his time, and neglects his work, especially who sleeps in harvest, when he should be laying in for winter, who lets slip the season of furnishing himself with that which he will have occasion for, is a son that causes shame; for he is a foolish son; he prepares shame for himself when winter comes, and reflects shame upon all his friends. Such therefore are very unmeet to be ministers, Christ’s messengers; he will not own the sending forth of sluggards into his harvest. b. Whoever spreads slander is a fool: This explains one way that someone filled with hatred lies. i. Wise people store up knowledge: Wisdom takes knowledge and makes it accessible for the future. a. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Why parents should be careful to give their children a good education, and to train them up in the ways of religion, which, if it obtain the desired effect, they themselves will have the comfort of it, or, if not, they will have for their support under their heaviness that they have done their duty, have done their endeavour. Some understand it as part of the character of an upright man, that he walks surely, in opposition to walking at all adventures. Heb., Addeth days, viz., beyond expectation or likelihood in a course of nature. a. (1.) Daniel: … To do evil is like sport: The fool regards evil as entertainment, as sport. Observe, (1.) 2. 10. Their mouth is near destruction, having the sharp arrows of bitter words always at hand to throw about. 12:6 ), for they may be relied on; and such are the words of just men. But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity. It is the sin, and will be the ruin, of a wicked man, that he speaks wickedly like himself. The expectation of the wicked: “A wicked man is always imposing on himself by the hope of God’s mercy and final happiness; and he continues hoping, till he dies without receiving that mercy which alone would entitle him to that glory.” (Clarke), ii. i. Whoever hides hatred: “This is a common case. The great mischief-maker, and that is malice. The difference is (of course) wisdom. Bible Gateway Recommends. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. Trick and artifice will be no excuse for iniquity. We often see that scattered by the justice of God which has been gathered together by the injustice of men. He is the Wisdom so often spoken of in this book.1 The comfort of parents much depends on their children; and this suggests to both, motives to their duties. a. That those are in the right that do not only receive instruction, but retain it, that do not let it slip through carelessness, as most do, nor let it go to those that would rob them of it, that, Observe here, Malice is folly and wickedness. Hatred stirs up strife, “No exposition is possible save to take each proverb and consider it in its separate value. Judiciously applied, there is a lesson of profound wisdom in every twig.” (Clarke). We may request cookies to be set on your device. The desire of the righteous will be granted: The righteous man or woman also has a sense of what is to come, but it is rightly filled with optimism and hope. “The dependence of life on water is experienced existentially all over the earth, especially in the ancient Near East, where it is in short supply. The fear of the Lord prolongeth days.] This proverb is about the difference between a wise son and a foolish son. i. 2. He who walks with integrity walks securely: The man or woman who lives with nothing to hide, with no double life, can walk with integrity. The way of the Lord is strength: God’s path is blessed and good for those who are set upon it. In Proverbs 3, Solomon is speaking to his son about the woman called Wisdom. 10:7. It is this that makes rich and adds no sorrow; what comes from the love of God has the grace of God for its companion, to preserve the soul from those turbulent lusts and passions of which, otherwise, the increase of riches is commonly the incentive. Thankfully, God still loves the heart of the wicked and wants to transform that heart into something greater. As a reason why we should be diligent in our business, that we may avoid that sinking dispiriting uneasiness which attends poverty, and may enjoy the benefit and comfort which those have that are beforehand in the world. He who gets knowledge and wisdom in the days of his youth gathers in summer, and he will have the comfort and credit of his industry; but he who idles away the days of his youth will bear the shame of his indolence when he is old. Cut down the trees that cumber the ground. Perhaps a righteous man has no more than what he works hard for; he eats only the labour of his hands, but that labour tends to life; he aims at nothing but to get an honest livelihood, covets not to be rich and great, but is willing to live and maintain his family. The wages of the wicked to sin. Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich. Ahab wore a crown but lay on his sickbed discontent (1 Kings 21:4). Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. That men’s dishonesty will be their shame: He that perverts his way, that turns aside into crooked paths, that dissembles with God and man, looks one way and rows another, though he may for a time disguise himself, and pass current, shall be known to be what he is. Such therefore are very unmeet to be ministers, Christ’s messengers; he will not own the sending forth of sluggards into his harvest. Covers all sins: “On the contrary, love conciliates; removes aggravations; puts the best construction on every thing; and pours water, not oil, upon the flame.” (Clarke), iv. 33:15, Isa. It is so when it is concealed by flattery and dissimulation: He, We are here admonished concerning the government of the tongue, that necessary duty of a Christian. b. Both the just and the wicked must die; but between their souls there is a vast difference. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. He who restrains his lips is wise: Many of us could bless others, and keep ourselves from sin, simply by speaking less and restraining our lips. a. The memory of the righteous is blessed: The heroes of faith in Hebrews 11 are good examples of righteous men and women whose memory is blessed. The fear of the wicked will come upon him: The wicked man or woman knows that all is not right and that their day of accountability will come. 1. Verse 10 Mischief is here said to attend, 1. 1. Even where there is no manifest occasion of strife, yet, Observe, 1. Why children should conduct themselves wisely and well, and live up to their good education, that they may gladden the hearts of their parents, and not sadden them. Oh, let us put on the Lord Jesus in his spirit of forbearing, sacrificial love, and let us forgive as we have been forgiven by Christ.” (Bridges). Variety of blessings, abundance of blessings, shall descend from above, and visibly abide on the head of good men, real blessings; they shall not only be spoken well of, but done well to. 2. The memory of the righteous is blessed, Our present path in a righteous direction or in a wicked direction will end either in blessedness or rottenness, each answering to the path. They love devouring words (Ps. Here is, 1. 8:24, Rom. 52:4 ), and these come uppermost. i. Good men are good for something. The last, and greatest, of Solomon’s lessons, begins here. This is ordinarily plotting to do evil. 2. Salem Media Group. But a prating fool will fall. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary. Verse 10 Mischief is here said to attend, 1. “This stress on reconciliation is balanced by other passages warning us against hushing up our own sins (Proverbs 28:13) or shirking the giving of a rebuke (e.g. Retail: $50.00. It is part of the duty of the survivors: Let the memory of the just be blessed, so the Jews read it, and observe it as a precept, not naming an eminently just man that is dead without adding, Let his memory be blessed. In their disobedience they will fall. The wicked will not inhabit the earth: Jesus promised that the meek would inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5), but certainly not the wicked. The heart of the wicked is worth little: There are great hearts and small hearts, and a wicked heart is certainly small. The righteous is kept by the power of God; and nothing shall be able to separate him from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. Plentifully and conspicuously; they shall abound with blessings. He that is holy shall be holy still and immovably happy; his hope is built on a rock, and therefore not shocked by the storm, Mt. The wicked shall not only not inherit the earth, though they lay up their treasure in it, but they shall not so much as inhabit the earth; God’s judgments will root them out. The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: God’s righteous men and women have a sense of discernment in what they say. b. But violence covers the mouth of the wicked. New American Standard Version. Ingenuity will be no excuse for iniquity, but the sinner must either repent or do worse, either rue it or be ruined by it. Verses 10-11 are similar to Proverbs 3:14-15. Ver. Our Price: $24.99 Save: $3.01 (11%) Buy Now. Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. Retail: $28.00. Many of the proverbs in this chapter relate to the good government of the tongue, without which men’s religion is vain. Verse 22 Worldly wealth is that which most men have their hearts very much upon, but they generally mistake both in the nature of the thing they desire and in the way by which they hope to obtain it; we are therefore told here, 1. Flowing well water is … The righteous will never be removed: God’s righteous men and women have a wonderful future to look forward to, secure and immoveable. Verse 12 Here is, 1. They have gladness in their destiny, if not now then in eternity. A slack hand: This describes the lazy man or woman, who does not put forth their hand energetically to do their work. They therefore live in fear and these fears will one day come upon them. But don’t affect to despise it; don’t embrace poverty out of laziness or romanticism.” (Kidner). i. Proverbs 10:19. Wicked men fear the punishment of sin, but they have not wisdom to improve their fears by making their escape, and so the thing they feared comes upon them, and their present terrors are earnests of their future torments. d. Is the grief of his mother: Our wisdom or folly affects more than ourselves. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. This is also the reading of the Syriac and Arabic. i. They will stand a man in no stead at death, or in the judgment of the great day; and the reason is because God casts away the substance of the wicked (v. 3); he takes that from them which they have unjustly gotten; he rejects the consideration of it, not regarding the rich more than the poor. Verse 23 Here is, 1. 37:4 .II. New Bible Commentary, 21st Century Edition. a. Hatred stirs up strife: The constant stirring up of strife and controversy is evidence of hatred. He who refuses correction: To refuse correction is the opposite of keeping instruction. Choose a verse from 'Proverbs 10' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org According to their faith, not according to their fear, it shall be unto them, Ps. These two verses are to the same purport with those next before, intimating the happiness of the godly and the misery of the wicked; it is necessary that this be inculcated upon us, so loth are we to believe and consider it. b. But he is a fool who thinks to hide any thing from God. Verse 15 This may be taken two ways:-1. The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. Those that are of a slothful disposition, that love their ease and cannot apply their minds to any business, are not fit to be employed, no, not so much as to be sent on an errand, for they will neither deliver a message with any care nor make any haste back. 2,3. a. Every man and woman can choose if they will be remembered to praise or remembered to shame. 12:9), along with some proverbs of others whom Solomon likely influenced. He who perverts his ways will become known: The man or woman who walks a crooked life will have it revealed. The righteous will never be removed, Proverbs Introduction - Same as in the study Bible - John MacArthur The title in the Hebrew Bible is “The Proverbs of Solomon“ (Pr 1:1), as also in the Greek Septuagint (LXX). Dissemblers, after all their shuffling, will be exposed. b. Why, the froward tongue shall be cut out, as surely as the flattering one, Ps. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. The fear of the wicked will come upon him, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother. And the desire of the righteous will be granted. Proverbs 10:10 "He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall." 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