Proverbs 22:13-15 BSB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 22:13

Note, 1. Those that have no love for their business will never want excuses to shake it off. Multitudes are ruined, both for soul and body, by their slothfulness, and yet still they have something or other to say for themselves, so ingenious are men in putting a cheat upon their own souls. And who, I pray, will be the gainer at last, when the pretences will be all rejected as vain and frivolous? 2. Many frighten themselves from real duties by imaginary difficulties: The slothful man has work... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 22:14

This is designed to warn all young men against the lusts of uncleanness. As they regard the welfare of their souls, let them take heed of strange women, lewd women, whom they ought to be strange to, of the mouth of strange women, of the kisses of their lips (Prov. 7:13), of the words of their lips, their charms and enticements. Dread them; have nothing to do with them; for, 1. Those who abandon themselves to that sin give proof that they are abandoned of God: it is a deep pit, which those fall... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 22:15

We have here two very sad considerations:?1. That corruption is woven into our nature. Sin is foolishness; it is contrary both to our right reason and to our true interest. It is in the heart; there is an inward inclination to sin, to speak and act foolishly. It is in the heart of children; they bring it into the world with them; it is what they were shapen and conceived in. It is not only found there, but it is bound there; it is annexed to the heart (so some); vicious dispositions cleave... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 22:13

The slothful man saith, there is a lion without ,.... Or, "in the street". This he says within himself; or to those who call out to him, and put him on doing the business of his proper calling, whether in the field or elsewhere, which, through his slothfulness, he has a disinclination to; and therefore frames excuses, and suggests this and that difficulty or danger in the way, expressed by a "lion without"; and which shows the folly and weakness of his excuses, since lions do not usually... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit ,.... The mouth of harlots; the kisses of their mouth, their fair speech and flattering words, their amorous talk, and lascivious and wanton language, ensnare and draw unwary persons to commit lewdness with them, which bring them into a pit of ruin and destruction; a filthy one, and very deep, out of which it is not easy nor usual to be extricated: the allusion is to beasts taken in a pit dug for them; and these are as natural brute beasts, made to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child ,.... That is, sin, the greatest of all folly; this is naturally in the heart of man; it is in the heart of a child, it is in him from his infancy; it is bound in his heart, it is rooted and riveted in him, being conceived in sin, and shapen in iniquity; it is what cleaves close to him, and he has a strong affection for and desire after: the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth, Genesis 8:21 ; so that he is not easily brought off... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 22:13

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without - But why does he say so? Because he is a slothful man. Remove his slothfulness, and these imaginary difficulties and dangers will be no more. He will not go abroad to work in the fields, because he thinks there is a lion in the way, he will not go out into the town for employment, as he fears to be assassinated in the streets! From both these circumstances he seeks total cessation from activity. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit - In Proverbs 23:27 , he says, A whore is a Deep Ditch:, oud a strange woman is a Narrow Pit. The allusions in these three places are too plain to be misunderstood. Virgil's hell has been adduced in illustration: - - Sate sanguine Divum, Tros Anchisiade, facilis decensus Averni; Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis: Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc Opus, hic Labor est. Pauci quos aequus amavit Jupiter,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 22:1-16

The theme of the earlier part of the chapter may be said to be the good name: the blessings in the possession of it, and the conditions for the acquirement of it—partly negatively, partly positively, described. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 22:13

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without ( Proverbs 26:13 ). The absurd nature of the sluggard's excuse is hardly understood by the casual reader. The supposed lion is without, in the open country, and yet he professes to be in danger in the midst of the town. I shall be slain in the streets. Others consider that the sluggard makes two excuses for his inactivity. If work calls him abroad, he may meet the lion which report says is prowling in the neighbourhood; if he has to go into... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 22:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 22:14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 22:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 22:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 22:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 22:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 22:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 22:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 22:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 22:13

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