Proverbs 19:8-12 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:8

Those are here encouraged, 1. That take pains to get wisdom, to get knowledge, and grace, and acquaintance with God; those that do so show that they love their own souls, and will be found to have done themselves the greatest kindness imaginable. No man ever hated his own flesh, but loves that, yet many are wanting in love to their own souls, for only those love their souls, and consequently love themselves, aright, that get wisdom, true wisdom. 2. That take care to keep it when they have got... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:9

Here is, 1. A repetition of what was said before (Prov. 18:5), for we have need to be again and again warned of the danger of the sin of lying and false-witness-bearing, since nothing is of more fatal consequence. 2. An addition to it in one word; there it was said, He that speaks lies shall not escape, and intimated that he shall be punished. Here it is said, His punishment shall be such as will be his destruction: he shall perish; the lies he forged against others will be his own ruin. It is... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:10

Note, 1. Pleasure and liberty ill become a fool: Delight is not seemly for such a one. A man that has not wisdom and grace has no right nor title to true joy, and therefore it is unseemly. It ill becomes those that do not delight in God to delight in any thing, nor how to manage themselves, and therefore they do but expose themselves. It becomes ungracious fools to be afflicted, and mourn, and weep, not to laugh and be merry; rebukes are more proper for them than delights. Delight is seemly... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:11

A wise man will observe these two rules about his anger: 1. Not to be over-hasty in his resentments: Discretion teaches us to defer our anger, to defer the admission of it till we have thoroughly considered all the merits of the provocation, seen them in a true light and weighed them in a just balance; and then to defer the prosecution of it till there be no danger of running into any indecencies. Plato said to his servant, ?I would beat thee, but that I am angry.? Give it time, and it will... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:12

This is to the same purport with what we had Prov. 16:14, 15, and the design of it is, 1. To make kings wise and considerate in dispensing their frowns and smiles. They are not like those of common persons; their frowns are very terrible and their smiles very comfortable, and therefore it concerns them to be very careful that they never frighten a good man from doing well with their frowns, nor ever give countenance to a wicked man in doing ill with their smiles, for then they abuse their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:8

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul ,.... Wisdom and knowledge in things natural and civil; and especially in things divine, spiritual, and evangelical; particularly he that gets Christ, the Wisdom of God, and a saving knowledge of him; see Proverbs 3:13 . Or, "he that getteth a heart" F16 לב "cor", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Mercerus, &c.; ; a good heart, as the Targum explains it; which is a new heart, and a new spirit; a clean heart and a right spirit; a heart of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:9

A false witness shall not be unpunished ,.... See Gill on Proverbs 19:5 ; and he that speaketh lies shall perish ; or "be lost", shall be undone for ever; he shall not enter into the holy city, but have his part in the lake of fire: they that speak lies in hypocrisy, doctrinal ones, and are given up to believe and profess them, such shall be damned, 2 Thessalonians 2:11 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:10

Delight is not seemly for a fool ,.... Such an one as Nabal, whose name and nature were alike; and whose prosperity ill became him, and the mirth and delight he had in it, 1 Samuel 25:25 ; for, as the wise man elsewhere says, "the prosperity of fools shall destroy them", Proverbs 1:26 ; they do not know how to make a right use of their prosperity; nor to moderate their enjoyments, pleasures, and delights. Some understand this of spiritual delight in the Lord; in his ways and ordinances,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:11

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger ,.... That he does not show it immediately; but takes time to consider of the offence given him, and makes use of a proper time to resent what is fit should be resented; he is a wise and discreet man that is slow to anger, Proverbs 14:29 . He is most like to God, who is "longsuffering, abundant in goodness and truth", Exodus 34:6 ; and it is to the honour of his "name" that he "defers his anger", and "refrains from" cutting off those that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:12

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion ,.... Which is very terrible when hungry, and is after its prey, and has got it. Kings, especially tyrannical ones, are compared to lions; as Nebuchadnezzar by Jeremiah, Jeremiah 4:17 ; and Nero by the Apostle Paul, 2 Timothy 4:7 ; and the rage of such is very dreadful, as Ahasuerus's was to Haman. Jarchi interprets the king, of the holy blessed God. It may be applied to Jesus Christ, the Lion of the tribe of Judah; who is said to cry with a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:12

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