proverbs-10:29

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 10:29

The way of the Lord; either, 1. The way or course of God’s providence in the government of the world. Or rather, 2. The way of God’s precepts, as God’s way or ways are most commonly understood in Scripture, or walking in God’s ways; for this is opposed to working iniquity in the next clause. Is strength; gives strength, i.e. either courage and confidence, or support and protection from that destruction here following. Destruction, or terror, or consternation, as the word properly signifies, and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 10:29

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 10:29. “Jehovah’s way is a fortress to the upright, but it is destruction to the workers of iniquity. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 10:29GOD’S WAY DESTRUCTION AND SALVATIONI. In common with all His intellectual and moral creatures, God has a way, or plan of action. A skilful artificer has a way by which he brings forth a certain result in a work of skill. His way is the out-come of his previous thought and purpose; he does not go about his work in uncertainty as to what... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:29

Proverbs 10:29 The words "shall be" in the last clause are a supplement. They are quite unnecessary, and in fact they rather hinder the sense. They destroy the completeness of the antithesis between the two halves of the verse. If you leave them out, and suppose that the "way of the Lord" is what is spoken of in both clauses, you get a far deeper and fuller meaning. It is the same way which is strength to one man and ruin to another, and the moral nature of the man determines which it shall be... 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 10:29

Proverbs 10:29The way of the Lord is strength to the upright.The two-fold aspect of the Divine workingThe words “shall be” in the second clause are supplementary and unnecessary. They destroy the completeness of the antithesis between the two halves of the verse. It is the same way which is strength to one man and ruin to another, and the moral nature of the man determines which it shall be to him.I. Put clearly the meaning and bearing of these words. “The way of the Lord” means religion,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 10:29

Pro 10:29 The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity. Ver. 29. The way of the Lord is strength. ] "The joy of the Lord," that joy of hope, spoken of in the preceding verse, "is their strength." Neh 8:10 The peace of God within them, and the power of God without them, bears up their spirits under whatsoever pressures; such can boldly say, It is well with me for the present, and it will be better hereafter. But destruction. ] Such as... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 10:29

way: Psalms 84:7, Isaiah 40:31, Zechariah 10:12, Philippians 4:13 but: Proverbs 21:15, Job 31:3, Psalms 1:6, Psalms 36:12, Psalms 37:20, Psalms 92:7, Matthew 7:22, Matthew 7:23, Luke 13:26, Luke 13:27, Romans 2:8, Romans 2:9 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 15:18 - the sinners Job 34:22 - the Proverbs 24:5 - A wise Hosea 14:9 - and the Micah 2:7 - walketh read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 10:29

The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.The way — The way of God's precepts.Strength — Gives strength, support, and protection. read more