George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 10:15
Poverty. Diffidence hinders the advancement of the poor, as presumption is too common among the rich. A happy mediocrity is best, ver. 16.
Poverty. Diffidence hinders the advancement of the poor, as presumption is too common among the rich. A happy mediocrity is best, ver. 16.
Verse Proverbs 10:15. _THE RICH MAN'S WEALTH_ IS _HIS STRONG CITY_] Behold a mystery in providence; there is not a _rich man_ on earth but becomes such by means of the _poor_! Property comes from the...
DESTRUCTION - That which crushes, throws into ruins. Wealth secures its possessors against many dangers; poverty exposes men to worse evils than itself, meanness, servility, and cowardice. Below the s...
II. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON: CHAPTER S 10--19:19 Beginning with the tenth chapter we have the collection of proverbs given by inspiration through Solomon. In this section the personal address, “My son...
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. T...
HIS STRONG CITY. Hebrew city of his strength. Figure of speech _Antimereia._ App-6. DESTRUCTION. that which destroys them. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect). POOR. weak. Hebrew. _dal._ See not...
_destruction_ The Heb. word is the same as in Proverbs 10:14. If we take it here, too, to denote a tottering building, ready to fall upon its tenant and bury him beneath its ruins, the parallelism is...
TEXT Proverbs 10:12-22 12. Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions. 13. In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that i...
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. THE RICH MAN'S WEALTH IS HIS STRONG CITY: THE DESTRUCTION OF THE POOR IS THEIR POVERTY - i:e., in the estimat...
10:15 poor (f-13) 'Reduced,' 'exhausted,' or 'helpless,' ch. 28.3; 'weaker,' as 2 Samuel 3:1 ....
Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or explan...
This is true, but it is not good. A rich man can use his money to protect himself. A poor person cannot do this. When there is danger, the poor man suffers first. As Christians, we should care about p...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 10 THE PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) OF SOLOMON (PROVERBS 10:1 TO PROVERBS 22:16) The second major section in the Book of Proverbs is...
THE RICH MAN’S WEALTH IS HIS STRONG CITY — _i.e.,_ an actual protection to him against his enemies, for by it he can get aid; or (as Proverbs 18:11) it gives him the consciousness of power, courage: w...
הֹ֣ון עָ֭שִׁיר קִרְיַ֣ת עֻזֹּ֑ו מְחִתַּ֖ת דַּלִּ֣ים...
CHAPTER 11 WEALTH "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2 "O'er weening statesmen have full long relied On fleets and armies and external w...
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 o...
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...
The rich man's wealth [is] his (h) strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty. (h) And so makes him bold to do evil, while poverty bridles the poor from many evil things....
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. Bless...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
THE RICH MAN'S WEALTH [IS] HIS STRONG CITY,.... What a fortified city is to persons in time of war, that is a rich man's wealth to him; by it he can defend himself from the injuries of others, and sup...
The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty. Ver. 15. The rich man's wealth, &c.] Wealthy worldlings think themselves simply the better and the safer fo...
_The rich man's wealth is his strong city_ It often redeems him from dangers and calamities: or it is such in his own imagination, as it is explained Proverbs 18:11. It makes him confident and secure....
V. 15. THE RICH MAN'S WEALTH IS HIS STRONG CITY, it serves as his bulwark in adversity and enables him to go forward with confidence and energy; THE DESTRUCTION OF THE POOR IS THEIR POVERTY, for they...
1 The comfort of parents much depends on their children; and this suggests to both, motives to their duties. Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 10:3. Though the righteous may be poor, the Lord will not suffer h...
IS HIS STRONG CITY; either, 1. Really, as _money is_ called _a defence_, ECCLESIASTES 7:12, because it ofttimes redeems a man from dangers and calamities. Or, 2. _In his own conceit_, as it is explain...
Proverbs 10:15 mans H6223 wealth H1952 strong H5797 city H7151 destruction H4288 poor H1800 poverty H7389 rich -...
THE RIGHTEOUS (THE WISE) WALK UPRIGHTLY, ARE A WELLSPRING OF LIFE TO OTHERS, STORE UP KNOWLEDGE, ACCEPT CORRECTION, THINK BEFORE THEY SPEAK AND ACT AS SHEPHERD TO MANY. THE UNRIGHTEOUS PERVERT THEIR W...
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...
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...
THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON (PROVERBS 10:1 TO PROVERBS 22:16). The proverbs in this section are now introduced by the brief subheading ‘The Proverbs Of Solomon'. Contrast ‘The sayings of Solomon, the Son...
CONTENTS: The blessedness of the ways of righteousness and the folly of the ways of wickedness. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: The head of the just man will be crowned with the blessings both...
Proverbs 10:1. _The Proverbs of Solomon._ The nine preseding Chapter s may be regarded as a vestibule to the temple. Wisdom has been personified, and folly thrown into the darker shades. We have had a...
_The rich man’s wealth is his strong city._ THE MONEY POWER Here he is describing what is, rather than prescribing what ought to be. In all ages and in all lands money has been a mighty power, and it...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 10:1 Proverbs 1:1 of Solomon. Here begins what may be called the “proverbs proper.” They are short, individual sayings, in contrast to the lon
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 10:15 The proverb reflects on the benefit of WEALTH and the harmful effect of POVERTY. Wealth can be like a STRONG CITY, providing safety, resources, and prot
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 10:16. LABOUR, _i.e._, “the gain,” “the reward of labour.” FRUIT, “gain,” antithetical to the subject of the first clause. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH— Proverbs 10:15...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-22:16 PART III. FIRST GREAT COLLECTION (375) OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS. VERSE 1-12:28 First section. The sections are noted by their commencing usually with the words, "a wise son....
Now 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 diligen...
1 Timothy 6:17; Ecclesiastes 7:12; Jeremiah 9:23; Job 31:24; Job 31:25
Wealth — It often redeems him from dangers and calamities. Poverty — Is the cause of their ruin....