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Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 10:13-14

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 10:14. Lay up, literally, “conceal,” i.e., “husband the knowledge and understanding which they possess for the right time and place, do not squander it in unreasonable talk or babbling” (Zöckler). Near destruction, rather, is a near destruction, i.e., “is a quickly destroying agency” (Lange’s Commentary). MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Proverbs 10:13-14LAYING UP TO GIVE OUTI. The practice of the morally wise man. He “lays up knowledge” (Proverbs 10:14). The present... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 10:15-16

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 10:16. Labour, i.e., “the gain,” “the reward of labour.” Fruit, “gain,” antithetical to the subject of the first clause. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH—Proverbs 10:15-16A FALSE AND A TRUE ESTIMATE OF LIFEI. A false estimate of life in its relation to riches. It is a mistake to look on wealth as a “strong city” in which we can be secure from the evils of life. A commander, who knows that there is behind him a fortress into which he can retire in case of need, may be... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:5

Proverbs 10:5 Summer is the right season for gathering in the harvest. To say, then, that it is wise to gather in summer is only saying, in other words, that a wise man will make the most of his opportunities, and will gather whatever he has to gather at the best and fittest season. I. Is not this a practical lesson for children, as soon as they begin to learn? Their summer is the time they spend at school. That time is just as much the season for them to learn in, as the month of August is the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:7

Proverbs 10:7 I. Who are meant by the "just" to whom blessedness is here attributed? By the just alluded to here are meant those who, having felt the power of God in that call which God makes to men to be His servants, have obeyed that call, and have given themselves to the service of the Most High. God calls everyone to do some work for Him, and He expects everyone to do that work "justly." (1) The justice of the just will consist, first, of that which lies at the very basis of all true... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Proverbs 10:3

DISCOURSE: 773GOD’S CARE FOR THE RIGHTEOUSProverbs 10:3. The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish.GOD, who is the author and giver of all good, dispenses his blessings no less to the evil and unjust, than to the good and just. But he promises to those who seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, that all other things shall be added unto them. To this effect he speaks also in the passage before us. But though this be the primary import of the text, we must not exclude... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Proverbs 10:4

DISCOURSE: 774EFFECTS OF SLOTH AND DILIGENCE COMPAREDProverbs 10:4. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.IT is certainly true, that men’s circumstances in life depend on their own exertions, so far at least, as to justify the declaration in the text. Sometimes indeed God is pleased to raise men to opulence by labours not their own; and sometimes to withhold success from the industrious. But though this inequality is sometimes found in the... 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

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