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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. 10:30 The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land. 10:31 The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed. 10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.
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Wesley: Pro 10:26 - -- Unserviceable and vexatious.

Unserviceable and vexatious.

Wesley: Pro 10:28 - -- Shall be accomplished, and turned into enjoyment.

Shall be accomplished, and turned into enjoyment.

Wesley: Pro 10:29 - -- The way of God's precepts.

The way of God's precepts.

Wesley: Pro 10:29 - -- Gives strength, support, and protection.

Gives strength, support, and protection.

Wesley: Pro 10:30 - -- They shall live happily here, and eternally in heaven.

They shall live happily here, and eternally in heaven.

Wesley: Pro 10:30 - -- They shall not have so much as a quiet abode upon earth; much less shall they have any possession in heaven.

They shall not have so much as a quiet abode upon earth; much less shall they have any possession in heaven.

Wesley: Pro 10:32 - -- Knowledge is here ascribed to the lips, as it is to the hands, Psa 78:72, because they are conducted by knowledge and wisdom.

Knowledge is here ascribed to the lips, as it is to the hands, Psa 78:72, because they are conducted by knowledge and wisdom.

Wesley: Pro 10:32 - -- What is truly worthy of acceptation.

What is truly worthy of acceptation.

JFB: Pro 10:23 - -- Sin is the pleasure of the wicked; wisdom that of the good.

Sin is the pleasure of the wicked; wisdom that of the good.

JFB: Pro 10:24 - -- The very thing. The wicked get dreaded evil; the righteous, desired good.

The very thing. The wicked get dreaded evil; the righteous, desired good.

JFB: Pro 10:25 - -- (Compare Psa 1:4; Psa 37:9-10, Psa 37:36).

JFB: Pro 10:25 - -- Well laid and firm (Mat 7:24-25).

Well laid and firm (Mat 7:24-25).

JFB: Pro 10:26 - -- That is, causes vexation.

That is, causes vexation.

JFB: Pro 10:27 - -- (Compare Pro 9:11; Psa 55:23).

(Compare Pro 9:11; Psa 55:23).

JFB: Pro 10:28 - -- In confidence of realizing it.

In confidence of realizing it.

JFB: Pro 10:28 - -- In disappointment.

In disappointment.

JFB: Pro 10:29 - -- That is, God's providence sustains the righteous and overthrows the wicked (Hos 14:9).

That is, God's providence sustains the righteous and overthrows the wicked (Hos 14:9).

JFB: Pro 10:30 - -- (Compare Pro 12:3; Psa 37:9-11; Psa 102:28).

JFB: Pro 10:30 - -- Or, "land of promise."

Or, "land of promise."

JFB: Pro 10:31 - -- Literally, "germinates" as a plant.

Literally, "germinates" as a plant.

JFB: Pro 10:31 - -- (Compare Pro 2:12, Pro 2:14).

(Compare Pro 2:12, Pro 2:14).

JFB: Pro 10:31 - -- As an unproductive plant.

As an unproductive plant.

JFB: Pro 10:32 - -- Regard and provide for (Psa 1:6).

Regard and provide for (Psa 1:6).

JFB: Pro 10:32 - -- All kinds of deceit and ill-nature. The word is plural.

All kinds of deceit and ill-nature. The word is plural.

Clarke: Pro 10:23 - -- It is a sport to a fool to do mischief - What a millstone weight of iniquity hangs about the necks of most of the jesters. facetious and witty peopl...

It is a sport to a fool to do mischief - What a millstone weight of iniquity hangs about the necks of most of the jesters. facetious and witty people! "How many lies do they tell in jest, to go to the devil in earnest!"

Clarke: Pro 10:24 - -- The fear of the wicked - The wicked is full of fears and alarms; and all that he has dreaded and more than he has dreaded, shall come upon him. The ...

The fear of the wicked - The wicked is full of fears and alarms; and all that he has dreaded and more than he has dreaded, shall come upon him. The righteous is always desiring more of the salvation of God, and God will exceed even his utmost desires.

Clarke: Pro 10:25 - -- As the whirlwind passeth - As tornadoes that sweep every thing away before them; so shall the wrath of God sweep away the wicked; it shall leave him...

As the whirlwind passeth - As tornadoes that sweep every thing away before them; so shall the wrath of God sweep away the wicked; it shall leave him neither branch nor root. But the righteous, being built on the eternal foundation, יסוד ×¢×•×œ× yesod olam , shall never be shaken.

Clarke: Pro 10:26 - -- As vinegar to the teeth - The acid softening and dissolving the alkali of the bone, so as to impair their texture, and render them incapable of mast...

As vinegar to the teeth - The acid softening and dissolving the alkali of the bone, so as to impair their texture, and render them incapable of masticating; and as smoke affects the eyes, irritating their tender vessels, so as to give pain and prevent distinct vision; so the sluggard, the lounging, thriftless messenger, who never returns in time with the desired answer.

Clarke: Pro 10:28 - -- The expectation of the wicked shall perish - A wicked man is always imposing on himself by the hope of God’ s mercy and final happiness; and he...

The expectation of the wicked shall perish - A wicked man is always imposing on himself by the hope of God’ s mercy and final happiness; and he continues hoping, till he dies without receiving that mercy which alone would entitle him to that glory.

Clarke: Pro 10:29 - -- The way of the Lord is strength - In the path of obedience the upright man ever finds his strength renewed; the more he labors the stronger he grows...

The way of the Lord is strength - In the path of obedience the upright man ever finds his strength renewed; the more he labors the stronger he grows. The same sentiment as that in Isa 40:31.

Clarke: Pro 10:30 - -- The righteous shall never be removed - Because he is built on the eternal foundation. See on Pro 10:25 (note).

The righteous shall never be removed - Because he is built on the eternal foundation. See on Pro 10:25 (note).

Clarke: Pro 10:31 - -- The froward tongue shall be cut out - This probably alludes to the punishment of cutting out the tongue for blasphemy, treasonable speeches, profane...

The froward tongue shall be cut out - This probably alludes to the punishment of cutting out the tongue for blasphemy, treasonable speeches, profane swearing, or such like. The tunge of schrewis schal perishen. - Old MS. Bible. Were the tongue of every shrew or scold to be extracted, we should soon have much less noise in the world.

Clarke: Pro 10:32 - -- The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable - And what they believe to be most pleasing and most profitable, that they speak, but the wicked m...

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable - And what they believe to be most pleasing and most profitable, that they speak, but the wicked man knows as well what is perverse, and that he speaketh forth. As the love of God is not in his heart, so the law of kindness is not on his lips.

TSK: Pro 10:23 - -- Pro 14:9, Pro 15:21, Pro 26:18, Pro 26:19; Ecc 11:9

TSK: Pro 10:24 - -- fear : Job 3:25, Job 15:21; Heb 10:27 the desire : Psa 21:2, Psa 37:4, Psa 145:19; Mat 5:6; Joh 14:18, Joh 16:24; 1Jo 5:14, 1Jo 5:15

TSK: Pro 10:25 - -- the whirlwind : Pro 1:27; Job 27:19-21; Psa 37:9, Psa 37:10, Psa 58:9, Psa 73:18-20; Isa 40:24 an : Pro 10:30; Psa 15:5; Mat 7:24, Mat 7:25, Mat 16:18...

TSK: Pro 10:26 - -- vinegar : Pro 25:13, Pro 25:20 as smoke : As the acidity of vinegar causes the unpleasantness and pain to the teeth, and by softening and dissolving t...

vinegar : Pro 25:13, Pro 25:20

as smoke : As the acidity of vinegar causes the unpleasantness and pain to the teeth, and by softening and dissolving the alkali of the bone, impairs their texture, and renders them incapable of mastication; and as smoke, by irritating the tender vessels, causes the eyes to smart, and prevents distinct vision; so a sluggish messenger is a continual vexation and loss to those by whom he is employed. Isa 65:5

so : Mat 25:26; Rom 12:11; Heb 6:12

TSK: Pro 10:27 - -- fear : Pro 3:2, Pro 3:16, Pro 9:11; Psa 21:4, Psa 34:11-13, Psa 91:16 prolongeth : Heb. addeth the years : Job 15:32, Job 15:33, Job 22:15, Job 22:16;...

TSK: Pro 10:28 - -- hope : Psa 16:9, Psa 73:24-26; Rom 5:2, Rom 12:12, Rom 15:13; 2Th 2:16 but : Pro 11:7, Pro 14:32; Job 8:13, Job 11:20; Psa 112:10; Luk 16:23-26

TSK: Pro 10:29 - -- way : Psa 84:7; Isa 40:31; Zec 10:12; Phi 4:13 but : Pro 21:15; Job 31:3; Psa 1:6, Psa 36:12, Psa 37:20, Psa 92:7; Mat 7:22, Mat 7:23; Luk 13:26, Luk ...

TSK: Pro 10:30 - -- never : Pro 10:25; Psa 16:8, Psa 37:22, Psa 37:28, Psa 37:29, Psa 112:6, Psa 125:1; Rom 8:35-39; 2Pe 1:10, 2Pe 1:11 the wicked : Psa 37:9, Psa 37:10, ...

TSK: Pro 10:31 - -- mouth : Pro 10:11, Pro 10:13, Pro 10:20, Pro 10:21; Psa 37:30 the froward : Psa 31:18, Psa 63:11, Psa 120:3, Psa 120:4

TSK: Pro 10:32 - -- know : Ecc 12:10; Dan 4:27; Tit 2:8 but : Pro 11:11, Pro 12:6, Pro 12:18, Pro 15:2, Pro 15:28, Pro 18:6-8 frowardness : Heb. Frowardnesses

know : Ecc 12:10; Dan 4:27; Tit 2:8

but : Pro 11:11, Pro 12:6, Pro 12:18, Pro 15:2, Pro 15:28, Pro 18:6-8

frowardness : Heb. Frowardnesses

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Barnes: Pro 10:23 - -- As the fool finds his sport in doing mischief, so the man of understanding finds in wisdom his truest refreshment and delight.

As the fool finds his sport in doing mischief, so the man of understanding finds in wisdom his truest refreshment and delight.

Barnes: Pro 10:24 - -- The fear - i. e., The thing feared (compare the marginal reference). Shall be granted - Or, He (Yahweh) giveth the desire of the righteou...

The fear - i. e., The thing feared (compare the marginal reference).

Shall be granted - Or, He (Yahweh) giveth the desire of the righteous.

Barnes: Pro 10:25 - -- Or, when the whirlwind is passing, then the wicked is no more. Compare Mat 7:24-27. The righteous ... - In the later rabbinic interpretation t...

Or, when the whirlwind is passing, then the wicked is no more. Compare Mat 7:24-27.

The righteous ... - In the later rabbinic interpretation this was applied to the Messiah as being the Just One, the Everlasting Foundation, on whom the world was established.

Barnes: Pro 10:26 - -- The teeth set on edge by the sour wine used by peasants Rth 2:14; Psa 69:21, the eye irritated by wood-smoke, these shadow the annoyance of having a...

The teeth set on edge by the sour wine used by peasants Rth 2:14; Psa 69:21, the eye irritated by wood-smoke, these shadow the annoyance of having a messenger who will loiter on the way.

Barnes: Pro 10:28 - -- Transpose "hope"and "expectation."The expectant waiting of the righteous is joyful at the time, and ends in joy: the eager hope of the wicked comes ...

Transpose "hope"and "expectation."The expectant waiting of the righteous is joyful at the time, and ends in joy: the eager hope of the wicked comes to nought.

Barnes: Pro 10:29 - -- Omit "shall be."The meaning is: "The Way of Yahweh,"i. e., the Divine Order of the world, has its two sides. It is "strength to the upright, destruc...

Omit "shall be."The meaning is: "The Way of Yahweh,"i. e., the Divine Order of the world, has its two sides. It is "strength to the upright, destruction to the workers of iniquity."

Barnes: Pro 10:30 - -- The wicked shall rot inhabit - The other and higher side of the same law of the divine government appears in Mat 5:5.

The wicked shall rot inhabit - The other and higher side of the same law of the divine government appears in Mat 5:5.

Barnes: Pro 10:31 - -- Bringeth forth ... - As a tree full of life and sap brings forth its fruit. So the "froward tongue"is like a tree that brings forth evil and no...

Bringeth forth ... - As a tree full of life and sap brings forth its fruit. So the "froward tongue"is like a tree that brings forth evil and not good fruit; it "shall be cut down."The abuse of God’ s gift of speech will lead ultimately to its forfeiture. There shall, at last, be the silence of shame and confusion.

Barnes: Pro 10:32 - -- Know - i. e., "Know, and therefore utter."So, in like manner, the "mouth of the wicked"knows, and therefore speaks frowardness, and that only.

Know - i. e., "Know, and therefore utter."So, in like manner, the "mouth of the wicked"knows, and therefore speaks frowardness, and that only.

Poole: Pro 10:23 - -- As sport he doth it with ease and delight, and without any shame, or remorse, or fear. To do mischief or, as others, to work wickedness ; yea, gre...

As sport he doth it with ease and delight, and without any shame, or remorse, or fear.

To do mischief or, as others, to work wickedness ; yea, great and premeditated wickedness, as the Hebrew word properly signifies.

Hath wisdom whereby he is kept from committing wickedness, and especially from sporting himself with it. But this clause is by divers learned interpreters rendered thus, and or so is wisdom to a man of understanding, it is a sport or pleasure to him to practise wisdom or piety; which translation makes the opposition more evident.

Poole: Pro 10:24 - -- The fear the evils which he feareth, or hath cause to fear, as fear is oft taken. Shall be granted God will not only prevent the mischiefs which th...

The fear the evils which he feareth, or hath cause to fear, as fear is oft taken.

Shall be granted God will not only prevent the mischiefs which they fear, but grant them the good things which they desire.

Poole: Pro 10:25 - -- As the whirlwind passeth which is suddenly gone, though with great noise and violence. So is the wicked no more his power and felicity is lost in a...

As the whirlwind passeth which is suddenly gone, though with great noise and violence.

So is the wicked no more his power and felicity is lost in an instant.

Is an everlasting foundation or, hath an everlasting , &c. His hope and happiness is built upon a sure and unmovable foundation.

Poole: Pro 10:26 - -- As vinegar to the teeth Which by its cold and sharpness it offends. So is the sluggard unserviceable and vexatious.

As vinegar to the teeth Which by its cold and sharpness it offends.

So is the sluggard unserviceable and vexatious.

Poole: Pro 10:27 - -- Prolongeth days partly because it gives them a title to the promise of long life, as well as to other promises; partly because it gladdeth the heart,...

Prolongeth days partly because it gives them a title to the promise of long life, as well as to other promises; partly because it gladdeth the heart, which doth good like a medicine, Pro 17:22 , and preserves a man from those wicked practices which tend to the shortening of the days.

Poole: Pro 10:28 - -- Shall be gladness though at present it be mixed with doubts, and fears, and disappointments, yet at last it shall be accomplished, and turned into en...

Shall be gladness though at present it be mixed with doubts, and fears, and disappointments, yet at last it shall be accomplished, and turned into enjoyment.

Shall perish shall be utterly frustrated, and so end in sorrow.

Poole: Pro 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 pre...

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 many render it. The design of this verse is to show that piety is the only true policy.

Poole: Pro 10:30 - -- The righteous shall never be removed they shall live long and happily here, when this is most expedient for them, and eternally in heaven. The wicke...

The righteous shall never be removed they shall live long and happily here, when this is most expedient for them, and eternally in heaven.

The wicked shall not inhabit the earth they shall not have so much as a long and quite abode upon earth, unless where this is a curse and mischief to them, and much less shall they have any possession in heaven.

Poole: Pro 10:31 - -- Bringeth forth freely, and abundantly, and constantly, as the earth or a tree bring forth their proper fruit, as the word properly signifies. Wisdom...

Bringeth forth freely, and abundantly, and constantly, as the earth or a tree bring forth their proper fruit, as the word properly signifies.

Wisdom wise counsels, by which he directeth and secureth himself and others.

Shall be cut out because it bringeth forth not wisdom, but folly and wickedness.

Poole: Pro 10:32 - -- Know to wit, practically, so as to consider and speak. Knowledge is here ascribed to the lips , as it is to the hands Psa 78:72 , because they are c...

Know to wit, practically, so as to consider and speak. Knowledge is here ascribed to the lips , as it is to the hands Psa 78:72 , because they are conducted by knowledge and wisdom.

What is acceptable to God and good men, or what is truly worthy of acceptation; for this is opposed to what is froward or wicked in the next clause.

Haydock: Pro 10:23 - -- Man. He is enabled to see the evil of sin, and to avoid it, Job xv. 16.

Man. He is enabled to see the evil of sin, and to avoid it, Job xv. 16.

Haydock: Pro 10:26 - -- Him. He spoils all their projects, (Calmet) and becomes a nuisance.

Him. He spoils all their projects, (Calmet) and becomes a nuisance.

Haydock: Pro 10:29 - -- Evil. conscience upbraids them, and punishment is before their eyes. (Haydock) Magna vis est conscientiæ. (Cicero, pro Mil.)

Evil. conscience upbraids them, and punishment is before their eyes. (Haydock) Magna vis est conscientiæ. (Cicero, pro Mil.)

Haydock: Pro 10:30 - -- Earth. This the Jews frequently experienced. The more enlightened understood, that such promises regarded also eternity. (Calmet)

Earth. This the Jews frequently experienced. The more enlightened understood, that such promises regarded also eternity. (Calmet)

Gill: Pro 10:23 - -- It is as sport to a fool to do mischief,.... To do any injury to the persons and properties of men; which shows a most wicked and malicious spirit, a...

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief,.... To do any injury to the persons and properties of men; which shows a most wicked and malicious spirit, a very depraved nature indeed: or rather "to commit sin" o of any sort, which he has devised in his own heart; it is as a "laughing" p, as the words may be rendered; it is a laughing matter to him, he commits sin, and, when he has done it, laughs at it; instead of being ashamed of it, and humbled for it, he makes a mock at it, and a jest of it, as well as of all religion, and of the reproofs and admonitions of good men. Sin is pastime, he takes as much delight and pleasure in it as men do in their sports, and commits it as openly and freely; yea, not only takes pleasure in doing it himself, but in them that do it; see Pro 14:9;

but a man of understanding hath wisdom; to avoid sin, and not to do it, which is true wisdom, Job 28:28; for he has, as it may be rendered, from the use of the word in the Arabic language q, a "bridle" or "restraint" upon him, that he cannot do mischief and delight in it, as the fool does: or "so is wisdom to a man of understanding" r; that is, to do it; as it is a pleasure to a feel to commit sin, so it is a delight to an understanding man to do that which is wise and good; it is "meat and drink" to do the will of God, see Joh 4:34; he takes as much pleasure in it as men can do in their sports and pastimes; he has a truer pleasure and a better relish than they have; he delights in the law of God after the inward man; and Wisdom's ways, or the ways of Christ, are pleasantness to him; he runs the ways of his commandments with great alacrity and cheerfulness.

Gill: Pro 10:24 - -- The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him,.... What he dreads in his own mind will be his unhappy case, sooner or later it comes upon him; his fe...

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him,.... What he dreads in his own mind will be his unhappy case, sooner or later it comes upon him; his fear of distresses, calamities, and judgments in this life, and of eternal wrath and vengeance hereafter; for the most profligate and abandoned wretches, the greatest atheists, who endeavour to work themselves up to a disbelief of a God and a future state, have at times their frights and fears about these things; and as are their fears of God, so will his wrath be, Psa 90:11. Jarchi illustrates this in the instance of the builders of Babel, who were afraid of being scattered upon the face of the earth, which thing feared came upon them through and for their building of the tower; and so it sometimes is, that the very thing which men fear comes upon them by the means which they take to prevent it; so the Jews were afraid that if their people believed in Jesus of Nazareth, the Romans would come and seize their city and nation, and therefore endeavoured to persuade them to reject him; for which rejection of him the thing they feared came upon them;

but the desire of the righteous shall be granted; or "he shall give" s; that is, God shall give it; who has it in his hands or power to give it, as Jarchi's note is: what a righteous man desires from right principles, and with right views; what is for his own good and the glory of God; what he asks in faith, and with submission to the divine will, and is according to it, is sooner or later, in God's own time and way, granted unto him: particularly his desires after righteousness; after the righteousness of Christ, and to be found alone in that, living and dying; after holiness of heart and life, that he might be cleansed and kept from sin, and preserved to the coming of Christ; after more grace, an increase of it, and fresh supplies from Christ; after more communion with God and Christ, and conformity to them; after glory and happiness, and a being with them to all eternity. Some understand this of the righteous man's desire upon the wicked; that his fear might come upon him, and the glory of divine justice appear in his swift and sudden destruction; as expressed in Pro 10:25; so Aben Ezra.

Gill: Pro 10:25 - -- As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more,.... The wicked themselves are like a whirlwind, noisy, boisterous, and blustering; such is the m...

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more,.... The wicked themselves are like a whirlwind, noisy, boisterous, and blustering; such is the man of sin, who speaks like a dragon, breathing out slaughter and threatening against the saints; and so are his followers, fierce and heady, and like a whirlwind, pernicious and destructive, bearing down, carrying away, and destroying all before it; so the locusts of the bottomless pit, under their king Abaddon, or Apollyon, the destroyer; and all tyrannical persecutors, who are as the boar out of the forest, and the wild beast of the field: and these "pass away" like a whirlwind, swiftly, suddenly, and at once; now they are seen in great power and authority, and anon they are not any more, Jer 4:13; as the whirlwind, which digs up the earth, makes a circle and buries itself in it; so the wicked dig a pit for others and fall into it themselves, Psa 7:14; and as a whirlwind passes away to the joy of men, so when the wicked perish there is shouting; as will be at the destruction of antichrist more especially, Pro 11:10; and it is in the whirlwind and storm of divine wrath, which falls upon the head of the wicked, by which they are caused to pass away, Jer 23:19; so that they are "not": not that they are annihilated at death, they will rise again and come to judgment, and live in torment for ever; when they pass away, they are somewhere; they are "not" indeed in the land of the living, in their own houses, as formerly, which will know them no more; they are not in their grandeur and prosperity, enjoying their riches and honour; but they are in their own place, in hell they lift up their eyes, though they wish they had no being;

but the righteous is an everlasting foundation; he is in a firm and stable state here and hereafter; interested in everlasting love; in which he is rooted and grounded; secured in an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure; having a share in everlasting salvation, and eternal redemption wrought out by Christ; being justified by his everlasting righteousness, which will answer for him in a time to come; and a partaker of those graces of the Spirit, faith, hope, and love, which are a well of living water springing up to everlasting life; and having everlasting strength and everlasting consolation in Christ, and a title to eternal life through him. Or, "but the righteous has an everlasting foundation" t; the sense is the same; which foundation is not external privileges of birth and education, or a mere outward profession of religion, or works of righteousness done; these are not everlasting, but sandy foundations; but Christ is the righteous man's foundation, and he is the only one, 1Co 3:11. Some take the sense to be, the "righteous", that is, Jesus Christ the righteous, "is an everlasting foundation"; he is the foundation of the church, the rock on which it is built; he is the foundation of the apostles and prophets, on which they were laid, and by whom they are saved; he is the foundation of every particular believer, they are rooted and built up on him; he is the foundation of their faith, hope, love, peace, joy, and comfort, and of their eternal glory and happiness: and an "everlasting one" he is; he is so in his person as God-man; in his offices of Prophet, Priest, and King; in the efficacy of his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice; and is a foundation which is sure, and will never fail: he has been the foundation of his people in all ages; and he is the same today, yesterday, and for ever. Hence, though the wicked pass away as the whirlwind, and by one, the righteous shall not; they are on a foundation, and cannot be blown off of it by the storms and tempests of Satan's temptations, their own corruptions, the persecutions of men, the errors of the wicked, or by the whirlwind of divine wrath and vengeance. Some render it, "the righteous is the foundation of the world" u; the pillar and support of it; as the righteous are the salt of the earth, they are the stay of it: the whirlwind of God's wrath would tear up the course of nature, dissolve the earth, and all things in it, were it not for the sake of the righteous; and, when they are called and gathered in, there will be a general dissolution of all things, 2Pe 3:9.

Gill: Pro 10:26 - -- As vinegar to the teeth,.... Which, with its coldness and sourness, blunts the teeth, and makes it troublesome to eat: the Septuagint, Syriac, and Ara...

As vinegar to the teeth,.... Which, with its coldness and sourness, blunts the teeth, and makes it troublesome to eat: the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it,

"as the sour grape is hurtful to the teeth;''

sets them on edge;

and as smoke to the eye; dims the sight, causes the eye to water, and is very pernicious and vexatious:

so is the sluggard to them that send him: that is, the slothful messenger, as the Targum explains it; who, being sent on an errand, is dilatory, does not make haste to bring back the answer; which is very vexatious to those that send him, raises their passions, makes them fretful and very angry, be it on what account it will: so slothful and unprofitable servants, to whom talents are given for usefulness, which they hide or use not, are very provoking to Christ, and whom he will order into outer darkness; those who have gifts for sacred service ought not to be slothful in business, but fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, Mat 25:26.

Gill: Pro 10:27 - -- The fear of the Lord prolongeth days,.... Not beyond the time fixed in the unalterable purposes and decrees of God, Job 14:5; but longer than some oth...

The fear of the Lord prolongeth days,.... Not beyond the time fixed in the unalterable purposes and decrees of God, Job 14:5; but longer than some others, or than those that fear the Lord expect to live; or longer than, according to the course of nature, and the weakness of their constitutions, it could be thought they should live. Long life is promised to them that fear the Lord; godliness has the promise of this life and of that to come; the fear of the Lord is the means of preserving persons from those things which are pernicious to the health of men, and so of prolonging their days; as well as it has length of days, for ever and ever, even eternal life, annexed to it; see Psa 34:11;

but the years of the wicked shall be shortened; through diseases, which their sins bring upon them, which cut them off before they have lived out half their days; or by means of which, their sins, they come into the hand of the civil magistrate, and die before their time; or are taken off in their full strength by the immediate judgment of God, as were Ananias and Sapphira; and so they die in the midst of their days; and before the time, which, according to the course of nature, and the common period of life, in all human probability they might have arrived unto, Psa 55:23.

Gill: Pro 10:28 - -- The hope of the righteous shall be gladness,.... Or, " is gladness" w; it is now attended with joy; he has a pleasure in the exercise of the grace of...

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness,.... Or, " is gladness" w; it is now attended with joy; he has a pleasure in the exercise of the grace of hope as to future things; he rejoices in hope of the glory of God, and is enabled to hold fast the rejoicing of his hope firm unto the end, Rom 5:2; and the issue of his hope will be an abundant entrance into the joy of his Lord; a being brought into his presence, in which is fulness of joy; he is not ashamed of his hope now, and he will not be disappointed hereafter;

but the expectation of the wicked shall perish; his hope and expectation, either of riches, and honour, and pleasure in this world, or of a long life in it; or of happiness in the other, and of escaping the wrath of God, and the vengeance of eternal fire; all which, being grounded on a wrong bottom, shall be frustrated; see Job 8:13.

Gill: Pro 10:29 - -- The way of the Lord is strength to the upright,.... Who are upright in heart and life; who have the uprightness or righteousness of Christ imputed to...

The way of the Lord is strength to the upright,.... Who are upright in heart and life; who have the uprightness or righteousness of Christ imputed to them, and right spirits renewed in them; in consequence of which they walk uprightly, Pro 10:9. To these "the way of the Lord is strength"; both the way which he himself takes, and the way which he prescribes and directs his people to walk in: the way in which he walks in providence towards them is the strength of them; he is their shade on their right hand; he shows himself strong on their behalf; he is their fortress and strong tower, as the God of providence, even a wall of fire round about them: and the way he takes in the discoveries of his love; in the communications of his grace; in the application of precious promises; by granting the influences of his Spirit; and by leading to his Son, the than of his right hand, made strong for himself and them, is very strengthening unto them: so likewise the way in which he leads his people, the way of his word and ordinances; which, as it is pleasant, so strengthening; the more they walk in them, the stronger they are; they go from strength to strength, they grow stronger and stronger by them; while they are waiting on the Lord in them, their spiritual strength is renewed: moreover, walking in the way of the Lord gives them spirit and courage, and makes them bold and intrepid; so that they fear no enemy, nor any dangers and difficulties, but go on their way cheerfully and pleasantly;

but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity; not to all that do iniquity, for no man lives without sin; but to those who give up themselves to it, make a trade of it; whose course of life is sinful, and do nothing else but sin; this their way leads to ruin; destruction and misery are now in all their ways, and will be the certain issue of them, even destruction of both soul and body; which will be swift and sudden, come upon them before they are aware, and will be everlasting; it will continue for ever, and there will be no deliverance from it. The Word x signifies terror and consternation; and such seize on a wicked man at death, to whom death is the king of terrors; and which will still more strongly possess him when in hell he lifts up his eyes; and also at the day of judgment, when he shall see the Judge coming in the clouds of heaven, sitting on a fiery throne, and shall hear him pronounce him cursed. The clause may be rendered, but the way of the Lord is "terror to the workers of iniquity" y; the way of the Lord in his works of providence, in which he oftentimes does terrible things in righteousness; and he is very terrible to men in his judgments here, and will be more so in his awful procedure at the last judgment.

Gill: Pro 10:30 - -- The righteous shall never be removed,.... They may be removed from place to place in this world, through the persecutions of their enemies, or through...

The righteous shall never be removed,.... They may be removed from place to place in this world, through the persecutions of their enemies, or through one providence or another, as they often are; they may be removed from a state of outward prosperity to a state of adversity, as Job was; they may be removed from spiritual and comfortable frames of soul to carnal or uncomfortable ones; for good frames are very precarious and uncertain things; and they will be removed out of this world into another; here they have no continuing city: but they shall never be removed from the love of God, nothing can separate them from that; they are set as a seal on his heart, and are engraven on the palms of his hands, and there is no removing them from thence; they may be waiver about their interest in the love of God; they may be without the manifestations and discoveries of it to their souls; they may be under the hidings of God's face; they may be at a distance from his house and ordinances, or may not enjoy the presence of God in them for a time; yet not separated from his affections; they shall never be removed out of the hands of Christ, into which they are put for security, and out of which none can pluck them, men or devils; how should they, since they are in those hands that made the heavens and the earth, support all in being, and hold the reins of government? Was it possible they could be removed from hence, it would impeach the wisdom of God, who has put them there; argue weakness in Christ, and suppose danger to them. Nor can they be removed out of the family of God; sons of God abide in his house for ever; they are no more foreigners and strangers; once children, no more servants; they may be corrected and chastised, yet be children; they may judge themselves unworthy of the relation, and be ready to conclude that their spots are not the spots of God's children, and fear they are none of them, and yet the relation continues: nor will they ever be removed from their state of justification, by which they are denominated righteous, into a state of condemnation; for full satisfaction is given to law and justice for them; their justification is complete, it is from all sin; the righteousness by which they are justified is everlasting, and even their faith which receives it shall never fail; to which may be added, that they are secured from wrath to come, and entitled to eternal life. In a word, they are on the sure foundation of electing grace; they are in the immovable covenant of grace; they are on the Rock of ages, Christ Jesus; all the divine Persons and perfections are on their side; they are kept by the power of God, through faith, unto salvation; see Psa 55:22;

but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth; but a very little while, as Gersom observes; and the time of their abode on earth is so short, as scarce to be called an inhabitation of it. Moreover, they shall not inhabit the earth the righteous will, even the new earth, which none but righteous persons shall inhabit, 2Pe 3:13; see Psa 37:9.

Gill: Pro 10:31 - -- The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom,.... As the earth brings forth its increase, and a tree brings forth its fruit; hence speech is called the...

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom,.... As the earth brings forth its increase, and a tree brings forth its fruit; hence speech is called the fruit of the lips; wisdom is good fruit; a good man is comparable to the fruitful earth, and to a good tree; whose mouth brings forth wise things in abundance, which are very pleasant and profitable; not worldly wisdom, much less devilish; not merely natural wisdom, but spiritual and evangelical; see Psa 37:30;

but the froward tongue shall be cut out; or "cut down" z; as an unprofitable tree, which brings forth nothing but perverse things; things contrary to God and good men, to truth and right reason, to the light of nature, the law of God, and Gospel of Christ. Such "a tongue of perversities" a, as it may be rendered, that brings forth blasphemies against God, his tabernacle and his saints, as the tongue of antichrist does, deserves to be cut out, as the tongue of a blasphemer.

Gill: Pro 10:32 - -- The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,.... To God and man; what is well pleasing to, God, and what ministers grace to the hearers, or what...

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,.... To God and man; what is well pleasing to, God, and what ministers grace to the hearers, or what is grateful: and such things they will deliver out; they are used and accustomed to them; not only the righteous know in their judgment what is acceptable, but they use themselves to say those things; they not only know them in theory, but practise them: some men know what is acceptable, but their lips do not know it; they are not used to it, but the contrary;

but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness; or perverse things, as before. Or, "the mouth of the wicked knoweth frowardness" b; or perverse things; or is used only to speak froward things; things contrary to truth and righteousness, and which they know to be so; their mouth speaks things contrary to their hearts; their hearts and mouths do not agree, when they both flatter and lie.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

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.”

NET Notes: Pro 10:30 This proverb concerns the enjoyment of covenant blessings – dwelling in the land of Israel. It is promised to the righteous for an eternal inher...

NET Notes: Pro 10:31 Heb “will be cut off” (so NAB, NRSV, NLT); cf. KJV, NASB, NIV “cut out.” Their tongue will be cut off, a hyperbole meaning to ...

NET Notes: Pro 10:32 Heb “lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause for what is said.

Geneva Bible: Pro 10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that ( l ) send him. ( l ) He is trouble and grief to him about any b...

Geneva Bible: Pro 10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked ( m ) shall be shortened. ( m ) The time of their prosperity will be short because ...

Geneva Bible: Pro 10:30 The righteous shall ( n ) never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. ( n ) They enjoy in this life by faith and hope, their everla...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Pro 10:1-32 - --1 From this chapter to the five and twentieth are sundry observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices.

MHCC: Pro 10:23 - --Only foolish and wicked men divert themselves with doing harm to others, or tempting to sin.

MHCC: Pro 10:24 - --The largest desire of eternal blessings the righteous can form, will be granted.

MHCC: Pro 10:25 - --The course of prosperous sinners is like a whirlwind, which soon spends itself, and is gone.

MHCC: Pro 10:26 - --As vinegar sets the teeth on edge, and as the smoke causes the eyes to smart, so the sluggard vexes his employer.

MHCC: Pro 10:27-28 - --What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure to him life enough in this world, and eternal life in the other.

MHCC: Pro 10:29 - --The believer grows stronger in faith, and obeys with increased delight.

MHCC: Pro 10:30 - --The wicked would be glad to have this earth their home for ever, but it cannot be so. They must die and leave all their idols behind.

MHCC: Pro 10:31-32 - --A good man discourses wisely for the benefit of others. But it is the sin, and will be the ruin of a wicked man, that he speaks what is displeasing to...

Matthew Henry: Pro 10:23 - -- Here is, 1. Sin exceedingly sinful: It is as laughter to a fool to do mischief; it is as natural to him, and as pleasant, as it is to a man to lau...

Matthew Henry: Pro 10:24-25 - -- It is here said, and said again, to the righteous, that it shall be well with them, and to the wicked, Woe to them; and these are set the one ov...

Matthew Henry: Pro 10:26 - -- Observe, 1. Those that are of a slothful disposition, that love their ease and cannot apply their minds to any business, are not fit to be employed,...

Matthew Henry: Pro 10:27-28 - -- Observe, 1. Religion lengthens men's lives and crowns their hopes. What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure him fr...

Matthew Henry: Pro 10:29-30 - -- These two verses are to the same purport with those next before, intimating the happiness of the godly and the misery of the wicked; it is necessary...

Matthew Henry: Pro 10:31-32 - -- Here, as before, men are judged of, and, accordingly, are justified or condemned, by their words, Mat 12:37. 1. It is both the proof and the praise ...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 10:23 - -- 23 Like sport to a fool is the commission of a crime; And wisdom to a man of understanding. Otherwise Löwenstein: to a fool the carrying out of a...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 10:24 - -- 24 That of which the godless is afraid cometh upon him, And what the righteous desires is granted to him. The formation of the clause 24a is like ...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 10:25 - -- There now follows a series of proverbs, broken by only one dissimilar proverb, on the immoveable continuance of the righteous: 25 When the storm sw...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 10:26 - -- This proverb stands out of connection with the series: As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them who gives him...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 10:27 - -- From this point the proverbs fall into the series connecting themselves with Pro 10:25 : 27 The fear of Jahve multiplies the days of life; But the...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 10:28 - -- 28 The expectation of the righteous is gladness And the hope of the godless comes to nothing. תּוחלת as well as תּקוה proceed on the fu...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 10:29 - -- 29 Jahve's way is a bulwark to the righteous; But ruin to those that do evil. Of the two meanings which מעז ( מעוז ) has: a stronghold fro...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 10:30 - -- 30 The righteous is never moved; But the godless abide not in the land. Love of home is an impulse and emotion natural to man; but to no people wa...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 10:31 - -- For the third time the favourite theme already handled in three appendixes is taken up: The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom, And the ...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 10:32 - -- 32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the godless is mere falsehood. Hitzig, instead of ידעוּן , reads ×™ï...

Constable: Pro 10:1--22:17 - --II. COUPLETS EXPRESSING WISDOM 10:1--22:16 Chapters 1-9, as we have seen, contain discourses that Solomon eviden...

Constable: Pro 10:15-32 - --2. Things of true value 10:15-32 10:15 Even though wealth is not most important, it still can result in security or poverty, and therefore people shou...

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Commentary -- Other

Evidence: Pro 10:32 Knowing what’s acceptable . There is no record of David seeking God for His will before he confronted Goliath. How could this be? The Scriptures say...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE NATURE AND USE OF PROVERBS.--A proverb is a pithy sentence, concisely expressing some well-established truth susceptible of various illustrations ...

TSK: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The wisdom of all ages, from the highest antiquity, has chosen to compress and communicate its lessons in short, compendious sentences, and in poetic ...

TSK: Proverbs 10 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Pro 10:1, From this chapter to the Pro 5:1 and Pro 20:1 are sundry observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices.

Poole: Proverbs 10 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 10 From this chapter to the five and twentieth, are sundry observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices, with excellent rules fo...

MHCC: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The subject of this book may be thus stated by an enlargement on the opening verses. 1. The Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. 2. ...

MHCC: Proverbs 10 (Chapter Introduction) Through the whole of the Proverbs, we are to look for somewhat beyond the first sense the passage may imply, and this we shall find to be Christ. He i...

Matthew Henry: Proverbs (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Proverbs We have now before us, I. A new author, or penman rather, or pen (if you will) made use o...

Matthew Henry: Proverbs 10 (Chapter Introduction) Hitherto we have been in the porch or preface to the proverbs, here they begin. They are short but weighty sentences; most of them are distichs, tw...

Constable: Proverbs (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is "The Proverbs of Solo...

Constable: Proverbs (Outline) Outline I. Discourses on wisdom chs. 1-9 A. Introduction to the book 1:1-7 ...

Constable: Proverbs Proverbs Bibliography Aitken, Kenneth T. Proverbs. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986. Alden...

Haydock: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. INTRODUCTION. This book is so called, because it consists of wise and weighty sentences, regulating the morals of men; and...

Gill: Proverbs (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS This book is called, in some printed Hebrew copies, "Sepher Mishle", the Book of Proverbs; the title of it in the Vulgate ...

Gill: Proverbs 10 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS 10 From this chapter to the "twenty fifth" are various proverbial sentences, without any very apparent connection or coher...

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