Proverbs 10:2

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Proverbs 10:1-32

II. ORIGINAL NUCLEUS OF THE COLLECTION—GENUINE PROVERBS OF SOLOMONEthical maxims, precepts and admonitions with respect to the most diverse relations of human life(Proverbs mainly in the form of antithetic distichs)Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 22:161. Exhibition of the difference between the pious and the ungodly, and their respective lots in lifeProverbs 10-15a) Comparison between the pious and the ungodly with respect to their life and conduct, in general. Proverbs 10:01 Proverbs of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Proverbs 10:1-16

the Righteous and the Wicked Proverbs 10:1-16 Wealth has its advantages, which are more than apparent. The rich man’s wealth is his strong city , Proverbs 10:15 ; but the treasures which have been obtained by wickedness are soon dissipated. They profit nothing , Proverbs 10:2 . This book contains the striking thought that ill-earned wealth is never gathered for the benefit of the possessor, but rather for the benefit of the righteous, and must be useless until it gets into hands which will... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

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 10:2

Treasures of wickedness: either, 1. All worldly treasures and riches, which are called the mammon of unrighteousness, Luke 16:9, of which see the reasons there; to which righteousness or holiness, which are spiritual and heavenly riches, may be fitly opposed. Or, 2. Such treasures as are got by any sort of unjust or wicked practices. Profit nothing; they do the possessor no good, but, which is implied from the opposite member, much hurt; they do not only not deliver him from death, but oft... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 10:2

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 10:2THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND RICHESI. Wealth when lawfully gotten is profitless for many very important things. Death is mentioned in the text, it has no power over that in any form. 1. Wealth will not deliver from the daily dying, which is the lot of all men. It has been said that as soon as we are born we begin to die, and we know that it is certain that as soon as men have attained their prime, their outward man perisheth day by day (2... 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

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