Proverbs 10:1-22:16 NIV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1

II. MISCELLANEOUS PROVERBS OF SOLOMON (Proverbs 10:1-22:16)We are adopting a different style of commentary on these separate, disconnected maxims, most of them needing no explanation or comment whatever. The very simplicity of these axiomatic expressions, along with their common, everyday meaning, is in fact the secret of their strength and beauty."There seems to be no order in the arrangement of these proverbs; and so there will be no divisions noted here other than chapters and verses."[1]... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 10:1

Proverbs 10:1. The proverbs of Solomon— Here properly the book of Proverbs begins: What has gone before is a kind of preface or introduction to the work. Solomon has exhorted his disciple to the study of wisdom, by the most interesting motives; the beauty, the utility, the necessity of wisdom. He has shewn him the dangers which they run who neglect it: he has cautioned him against debauchery and libertinism. After this he comes to those moral sentences which were his principal design. See the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 10:1

1. wise [and] foolish—as they follow or reject the precepts of wisdom. maketh . . . father—or, "gladdens a father." heaviness—or, "grief." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 10:1-14

1. Things that produce profit 10:1-14 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 10:1-16

II. COLLECTION 2: SOLOMON’S COUPLETS EXPRESSING Wisdom 10:1-22:16Chapters 1-9, as we have seen, contain discourses that someone, probably Solomon, wrote urging his son to choose the way of wisdom for his life. However, Kidner believed that if Solomon had written the first nine chapters, Proverbs 10:1 would read, "These also are proverbs of Solomon." [Note: Kidner, p. 22.] At Proverbs 10:1, we begin the part of the book that sets forth what "the wise way" is in a variety of life... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 10:1-33

A. Marks of Wise Living chs. 10-15Solomon advocated choosing things that benefit and things that have true and lasting value. He pictured wise living in a variety of contexts. He urged making wise investments, valuing righteousness, and avoiding trouble. He also pointed out the fruits of wise living and concluded this section of the book with further advice for wise living. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1-16

Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon’s proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or explanation, or of different persons and objects. It is impossible to trace any principle underlying the order in which the proverbs stand. Several of them are more or less exactly repeated in Proverbs 25-29. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1-32

The main subject, not treated continuously, but recurred to again and again, is the blessing which attends goodness and diligence, the penalty which follows sin and sloth.2. Treasures of wickedness] acquired by wrong-doing (Amos 3:10). In many synagogues this v. is inscribed over the alms-box. To the later Jews ’righteousness’ meant almsgiving (Daniel 4:27; Tobit 4:1; Tobit 12:9; Matthew 6:1). 4. To deal with a slack hand is to be lacking in energy. 5. ’Make hay while the sun shines.’7. ’Only... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 10:1

X.3. A COLLECTION OF 375 SEPARATE VERSES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, MARKED BY A NEW HEADING (Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 22:16).(1) The proverbs of Solomon.—The new title and different style of composition mark a new collection of proverbs. (See above, in the Introduction.) Each verse is distinct and complete in itself; but the collector appears to have endeavoured to throw together such as touched on the same subject. For instance, Proverbs 10:4-5, show why one man fails and another succeeds; Proverbs... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Proverbs 10:1-32

Proverbs 10:22 The ancients believed that the pyramids were so constructed that they cast no shadow; but few things in this world are wholly free from shadows. Wellnigh all circumstances and events, however propitious some may be, entail disadvantages. Absolute perfection is rare in any direction. Yet it is now our privilege to offer unqualified advantage, a gift without a backdraw, a blessing that is an unalloyed joy. In its most definite sense the blessing of the Lord is the fullness of the... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 10:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 10:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 10:1-14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 10:1-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 10:1-33

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1-16

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1-32

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 10:1

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Proverbs 10:1-32

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