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 this. 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 than the wicked simply because they are righteous, regardless of their financial condition.
10:3 Again the righteous will not lack what is most important in life, though they may lack food. Conversely God will not meet the deepest cravings of the wicked because they have rejected His ways.
"The wicked are condemned to live forever with their unfulfilled, and so sterile, desires, which cannot be transformed into practical attainment."100
10:6 The righteous receive blessings from God and other people. The wicked, on the other hand, conceal violence within themselves.
10:10 The winking eye is a clue to insincere speech or behavior. As a tiny gesture, it can do greater damage than many larger overt acts. Similarly the words of a fool though small will result in his or her own destruction eventually. However the power of words is greater than that of "shifty signs."101
