Proverbs 10:1-22:16 NIV

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:1-32

CHAPTER 11WEALTH"Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2"O’er weening statesmen have full long relied On fleets and armies and external wealth; But from within proceeds a Nation’s health."-WordsworthNO moral system is complete which does not treat with clearness and force the subject of wealth. The material possessions of an individual or of a nation are in a certain sense the prerequisites of all moral life; for until the human being has... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Proverbs 10:1-32

II. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON: CHAPTERS 10--19:19 Beginning with the tenth chapter we have the collection of proverbs given by inspiration through Solomon. In this section the personal address, “My son,” and the personal exhortations are missing. It will be noticed that each verse in this section contains a proverb, consisting each of two lines, mostly of an antithetic character, except Proverbs 19:7 , which has three lines instead of two (a tristich). It is impossible to give a detailed... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:1-32

Some regard the division now entered upon as the original nucleus of the whole collection of proverbs (see the first sentence of verse one). The division extends really to the close of chapter 22, and contains “maxims, precepts and admonitions with respect to the most diverse relations of life.” In so much of it as is covered by the present lesson we have a contrast “between the godly and the ungodly, and their respective lots in life.” We have this contrast set before us, first in general... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Proverbs 10:1-10

A Wise Son-the Treasures of Wickedness, Etc. Pro 10:1-10 The New Testament is careful to point out the duty of the parent as well as the duty of the child. That would seem to be neglected in some parts of the Old Testament, though not in the substance of the book. Is it not true that the father makes the son, and that the mother is responsible for her child? When a son is wise or is foolish, we are entitled to look into his antecedents, and possibly we may find that his father and mother... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 10:1

CONTENTS We are now in this Chapter, entering upon the Proverbs. From this Chapter to the twenty-fifth, we meet with a great abundance of those divine sayings. The one part is descriptive of the blessed effects of following wisdom's ways; and the other of the contrary consequences. Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. If the Reader, while going over the whole body of Proverbs, will pray the Holy Ghost, that he... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:1

Mother. A virtuous child cannot be indifferent to the joy of his parents. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1-32

1 The comfort of parents much depends on their children; and this suggests to both, motives to their duties. Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 10:3. Though the righteous may be poor, the Lord will not suffer him to want what is needful for spiritual life. Proverbs 10:4. Those who are fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, are likely to be rich in faith, and rich in good works. Proverbs 10:5. Here is just blame of those who trifle away opportunities, both for here and for hereafter. Proverbs 10:6. Abundance... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 10:1

From chapter 10 to chapter 25 of the Book of Proverbs there are no connected discourses, but only individual maxims of Solomon, loosely strung together, the sense of each being complete in one or two verses. Any division in this entire section is more or less arbitrary, although it may be said that the parallelism of members in chapters 10 to 15 is generally antithetic and in chapters 16 to 22 synthetic, and there are certain other characteristics and relations of thought which show the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Proverbs 10:1-32

II. ORIGINAL NUCLEUS OF THE COLLECTION—GENUINE PROVERBS OF SOLOMONEthical maxims, precepts and admonitions with respect to the most diverse relations of human life(Proverbs mainly in the form of antithetic distichs)Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 22:161. Exhibition of the difference between the pious and the ungodly, and their respective lots in lifeProverbs 10-15a) Comparison between the pious and the ungodly with respect to their life and conduct, in general. Proverbs 10:01 Proverbs of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Proverbs 10:1-16

the Righteous and the Wicked Proverbs 10:1-16 Wealth has its advantages, which are more than apparent. The rich man’s wealth is his strong city , Proverbs 10:15 ; but the treasures which have been obtained by wickedness are soon dissipated. They profit nothing , Proverbs 10:2 . This book contains the striking thought that ill-earned wealth is never gathered for the benefit of the possessor, but rather for the benefit of the righteous, and must be useless until it gets into hands which will... read more