Proverbs 10:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 10:2

"Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.""Wealth you get by dishonesty will do you no good, but honesty can save your life."[5] read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 10:2

Proverbs 10:2. Righteousness delivereth from death— The meaning seems to be, that justice, holiness, and virtue, constitute the true riches of a man; which, whosoever is wise enough to lay up, procures to himself an impregnable asylum. See chap. Pro 11:4 and Schultens. Le Clerc thinks that righteousness means innocence; which being once proved, the person falsely accused will be cleared. The reader will observe, that in this, as in the other poetical books of Scripture, the hemistichs... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 10:2

2. Treasures . . . nothing—that is, Ill-gotten gains give no true happiness (compare Proverbs 4:17; Matthew 6:19). righteousness—especially beneficence (Psalms 112:9). death—the greatest of all evils. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 10:1-14

1. Things that produce profit 10:1-14 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 10:1-16

II. COLLECTION 2: SOLOMON’S COUPLETS EXPRESSING Wisdom 10:1-22:16Chapters 1-9, as we have seen, contain discourses that someone, probably Solomon, wrote urging his son to choose the way of wisdom for his life. However, Kidner believed that if Solomon had written the first nine chapters, Proverbs 10:1 would read, "These also are proverbs of Solomon." [Note: Kidner, p. 22.] At Proverbs 10:1, we begin the part of the book that sets forth what "the wise way" is in a variety of life... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 10:1-33

A. Marks of Wise Living chs. 10-15Solomon advocated choosing things that benefit and things that have true and lasting value. He pictured wise living in a variety of contexts. He urged making wise investments, valuing righteousness, and avoiding trouble. He also pointed out the fruits of wise living and concluded this section of the book with further advice for wise living. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 10:2

At face value both statements in this verse may seem untrue. The solution to this puzzling proverb, as well as the solution to many that follow, lies in remembering that Solomon had the whole course of a life in view, not just the immediate consequences of an act or condition. The righteous escape death in that they have greater true riches (as God’s beneficiaries) than the wicked, simply because they are righteous, regardless of their financial condition. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1-16

Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon’s proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or explanation, or of different persons and objects. It is impossible to trace any principle underlying the order in which the proverbs stand. Several of them are more or less exactly repeated in Proverbs 25-29. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1-32

The main subject, not treated continuously, but recurred to again and again, is the blessing which attends goodness and diligence, the penalty which follows sin and sloth.2. Treasures of wickedness] acquired by wrong-doing (Amos 3:10). In many synagogues this v. is inscribed over the alms-box. To the later Jews ’righteousness’ meant almsgiving (Daniel 4:27; Tobit 4:1; Tobit 12:9; Matthew 6:1). 4. To deal with a slack hand is to be lacking in energy. 5. ’Make hay while the sun shines.’7. ’Only... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 10:2

(2) Treasures of wickedness—i.e., gained by wrong-doing.Righteousness delivereth from death.—The Hebrew word translated “righteousness” has a much wider meaning than its English equivalent, which generally bears the sense only of deciding fairly, being especially applied to judges. But a “righteous” man in Hebrew is one who “renders to all their due,” whether to God, as Noah, who was “just and perfect” before Him (Genesis 6:9; Genesis 7:1; comp. Ecclesiastes 7:20), or to man. To his fellow-men... read more

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