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Text -- Proverbs 10:1-29 (NET)

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The First Collection of Solomonic Proverbs
10:1 The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother. 10:2 Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger. 10:3 The Lord satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. 10:4 The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy. 10:5 The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself. 10:6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence. 10:7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot. 10:8 The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin. 10:9 The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out. 10:10 The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin. 10:11 The teaching of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence. 10:12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions. 10:13 Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks wisdom will be disciplined. 10:14 Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction. 10:15 The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty. 10:16 The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment. 10:17 The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray. 10:18 The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool. 10:19 When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise. 10:20 What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value. 10:21 The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom. 10:22 The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it. 10:23 Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment. 10:24 What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted. 10:25 When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation. 10:26 Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him. 10:27 Fearing the Lord prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened. 10:28 The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled. 10:29 The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.
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Names, People and Places:
 · Solomon the tenth son of David; the father of Rehoboam; an ancestor of Jesus; the third king of Israel.,son of David and Bath-Sheba; successor of King David


Dictionary Themes and Topics: PROVERBS, THE BOOK OF | GOD, 2 | Poetry | PROVERBS, BOOK OF | Wicked | Speaking | Wisdom | God | Vinegar | Fool | Sin | Laziness | FOOL; FOLLY | Hope | Lies and Deceits | POETRY, HEBREW | Riches | Industry | Hatred | Mother | more
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NET Notes: Pro 10:1 Heb “grief of his mother.” The noun “grief” is in construct, and “mother” is an objective genitive. The saying dec...

NET Notes: Pro 10:2 Heb “death.” This could refer to literal death, but it is probably figurative here for mortal danger or ruin.

NET Notes: Pro 10:3 This verse contrasts the “appetite” of the righteous with the “craving” of the wicked. This word הַוּ&...

NET Notes: Pro 10:4 Heb “makes rich” (so NASB, NRSV). The Hiphil verb is used in a causative sense; literally, “the hand of the diligent makes rich.R...

NET Notes: Pro 10:5 The phrase “to himself” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for the sake of clarity. Another option is “to his fathe...

NET Notes: Pro 10:6 The syntax of this line is ambiguous. The translation takes “the mouth of the wicked” as the nominative subject and “violence”...

NET Notes: Pro 10:7 To say the wicked’s name will rot means that the name will be obliterated from memory (Exod 17:14; Deut 25:19), leaving only a bad memory for a ...

NET Notes: Pro 10:8 The Niphal verb לָבַט (lavat) means “to be thrust down [or, away]”; that is, “to be ruined; to fall...

NET Notes: Pro 10:9 Heb “he who perverts his ways” (so NASB); NIV “who takes crooked paths” (NLT similar). The Piel participle מְ–...

NET Notes: Pro 10:10 Heb “the fool of lips”; cf. NASB “a babbling fool.” The phrase is a genitive of specification: “a fool in respect to lip...

NET Notes: Pro 10:11 The syntax of this line is ambiguous. The translation takes “the mouth of the wicked” as the nominative subject and “violence”...

NET Notes: Pro 10:12 Love acts like forgiveness. Hatred looks for and exaggerates faults; but love seeks ways to make sins disappear (e.g., 1 Pet 4:8).

NET Notes: Pro 10:13 Heb “a rod is for the back of the one lacking heart.” The term שֵׁבֶט (shevet, “rod”) func...

NET Notes: Pro 10:14 Heb “near destruction.” The words of the fool that are uttered without wise forethought may invite imminent ruin (e.g., James 3:13-18). Se...

NET Notes: Pro 10:15 Heb “is their poverty.”

NET Notes: Pro 10:16 Heb “sin.” The term חַטָּאת (khatta’t, “sin”) functions as a metonymy of cause...

NET Notes: Pro 10:17 The contrast with the one who holds fast to discipline is the one who forsakes or abandons reproof or correction. Whereas the first is an example, thi...

NET Notes: Pro 10:18 Heb “he is a fool.” The independent personal pronoun הוּא (hu’, “he”) is used for emphasis. This...

NET Notes: Pro 10:19 Heb “his lips” (so KJV, NAB, NASB); NIV “his tongue.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause for speech.

NET Notes: Pro 10:20 Heb “like little.” This expression refers to what has little value: “little worth” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV; cf. BDB 590 s.v. מ...

NET Notes: Pro 10:21 Heb “heart.” The term לֵב (lev, “heart”) functions as a metonymy of association for wisdom and knowledge (BD...

NET Notes: Pro 10:22 Heb “with.”

NET Notes: Pro 10:23 Heb “a man of discernment.”

NET Notes: Pro 10:24 Heb “it will give.” When used without an expressed subject, the verb יִתֵּן (yitten) has a passive nua...

NET Notes: Pro 10:25 The metaphor compares the righteous to an everlasting foundation to stress that they are secure when the catastrophes of life come along. He is fixed ...

NET Notes: Pro 10:26 The participle is plural, and so probably should be taken in a distributive sense: “to each one who sends him.”

NET Notes: Pro 10:27 This general saying has to be qualified with the problem of the righteous suffering and dying young, a problem that perplexed the sages of the entire ...

NET Notes: Pro 10:28 Heb “will perish”; NAB “comes to nought.”

NET Notes: Pro 10:29 Heb “those who practice iniquity.”

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