Proverbs 10:1-22:16 NIV

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 10:1-32

Here begin the proverbs proper. In this collection they are antithetical, They present a sharp contrast between wisdom and folly in the outworking of such in practical life. Seeing that this is indeed a collection of proverbs, there is no direct connection or system save this underlying purpose of contrast. No exposition is possible save to take each proverb and consider it in its separate value. In the majority of instances this is unnecessary, because they are self-evident expositions of one... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1-8

Subheading. Proverbs 10:1 ‘The Proverbs of Solomon.’ Here we have the heading for this subsection. It is brief and to the point, for Solomon has already been more fully described in Proverbs 1:1. It will be noted that the proverbs that follow are two liners. This indicates that they are early rather than late. Later wisdom literature tended to use one liners. It was prior to the time of Solomon that in wisdom literature two liners were the norm. These can be of various types: · Sometimes the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1-32

A Collection Of Solomon’s Proverbs (Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 29:27 ). Solomon’s presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern of much Wisdom literature. This commenced with the initial heading detailing the details of the author and his purpose in writing (Proverbs 1:1-7), continued with a Prologue which laid the foundation for what was to follow (Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18), and was then followed by the body of the work introduced by one or more subheadings. In Solomon’s... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1-32

Proverbs 10:2 ( cf. Psalms 3:7). righteousness: the growth of the conception of righteousness is an important subject. As in the Pss., there is a specific class “ the righteous” opposed to “ the wicked.” The righteous are generally synonymous with the poor and afflicted remnant, sometimes equivalent to the Hasidim of the Greek period. In general the tendency of the conception of righteousness is towards a specific moral character, rather than towards the fulfilment of legal duties. This is... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 10:1

A wise son, i.e. prudent, and especially virtuous and godly, as this word is commonly meant in this book, and in many other scriptures. A glad father; and a glad mother too; for both parents are to be understood in both branches, as is evident from the nature of the thing, which affects both of them, and from parallel places, as Proverbs 17:25; Proverbs 30:17, although one only be expressed in each branch, for the greater elegancy. The heaviness of his mother; the occasion of her great sorrow,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 10:1

We here enter upon the second main division of the Book of Proverbs, which is composed of a number of distinct propositions or maxims, having but little connection with each other and answering to the modern signification of the word proverb. Wordsworth here remarks that “the Proverbs of the present chapter are exemplifications in detail of the principles, practices, and results of the two ways of life displayed in the foregoing chapters which constitute the prologue.”CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Proverbs 10:1

foolish son A "fool" in Scripture is never a mentally deficient person, but rather one arrogant and self-sufficient; one who orders his life as if there were no God. See, for illustration, Luke 12:16-20. The rich man was not mentally deficient, but he was a "fool" because he supposed that his soul could live on the things in the barn, giving no thought to his eternal wellbeing. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:1-32

Chapter 10Now in chapter 10 we have individual proverbs. Most of these individual proverbs are in contrast, where they are contrasting the wise with the foolish, or the wicked with the righteous. Or the diligent with the slothful. I mean, you'll see in each of them a contrast, and there is really not any kind of a tie between the proverb. Each one is a separate little, neat little truth all packaged by itself. Each one is self-explanatory. Thus, there isn't really much that you can say without... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 10:1-32

Proverbs 10:1 . The Proverbs of Solomon. The nine preseding chapters may be regarded as a vestibule to the temple. Wisdom has been personified, and folly thrown into the darker shades. We have had a chain of arguments, and a succession of very expressive figures; now we shall find rings of gold, comprising a complete sense. But as the words often occur in other places, there is no need to illustrate more than where real edification can be conferred. When the sense is plain, illustration may... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:1

Proverbs 10:1A wise son maketh a glad father.A son’s wisdom a father’s joyThe first proverb is a characteristic specimen of its kind. It is in your power to make your father glad, and God expects you to do it. Here is one of the sweetest fruits of wisdom--a son’s wisdom is his father’s joy. A son who breaks his mother’s heart--can this earth have any more irksome load to bear? Foolish son! it is not your mother only with whom you have to deal. God put it into her heart to love you, to watch... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 10:1-32

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1-8

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1-32

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1-32

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 10:1

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 10:1

Scofield's Reference Notes - Proverbs 10:1

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:1-32

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 10:1-32

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:1

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