Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 18:9
They are alike; though they take several paths, yet both come to one end, even to extreme want and poverty.
They are alike; though they take several paths, yet both come to one end, even to extreme want and poverty.
Verse Proverbs 18:9. _HE ALSO THAT IS SLOTHFUL_] A _slothful_ man neglects his _work_, and the _materials_ go to ruin: the _waster_, he destroys the _materials_. They are both destroyers....
CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose. Such a one becomes...
PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
A GREAT WASTER. a master of destruction: i.e. an absolute destroyer....
_a great waster_ Lit. A MASTER OF LAYING WASTE, or DESTROYING; a DESTROYER, R.V. Comp. for a similar sentiment, "He that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad," Matthew 12:30....
CHAPTER 18 TEXT Proverbs 18:1-12 1. He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom. 2. A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart ma...
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. HE ALSO THAT IS SLOTHFUL (LITERALLY, REMISS) IN HIS WORK IS BROTHER TO HIM THAT IS A GREAT WASTER - literally, 'him HE...
1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The ali...
If you are lazy, then this may cause trouble for other people. To be lazy is almost the same thing as to be dangerous. V10 God is like a strong castle. Good men are safe, when they trust in God. V1...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 18 V1 An unfriendly man is selfish. He is not sensible. V2 A foo
HE ALSO THAT IS SLOTHFUL IN HIS WORK. — Whatsoever it may be that is committed to his care, is “brother to him that is a great waster,” or “destroyer “; neglect of duty causes almost as much mischief...
גַּ֭ם מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה בִ מְלַאכְתֹּ֑ו אָ֥ח ה֝֗וּא...
CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1 FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or "q...
_Brother. Like him, as both end in poverty, chap. x. 4., and xii. 11._...
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. The words of a man's mouth are as deep w...
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...
HE ALSO THAT IS SLOTHFUL IN HIS WORK,.... Remiss in it; hangs down his hands, and does not care to make use of them, but neglects his business: IS BROTHER TO HIM THAT IS A GREAT WASTER: a prodigal ma...
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Ver. 9. _He also that is slothful in his work._] As he must needs be that goes peddling about with tales, and buzzing ev...
_The words of a tale-bearer_ Who privily slanders his neighbour; _are as wounds_ Deeply wound the reputation, and afterward the heart, of the slandered person. _They go down_, &c. They wound mortally,...
V. 9. HE ALSO THAT IS SLOTHFUL IN HIS WORK, who does not apply himself to it with all diligence, IS BROTHER TO HIM THAT IS A GREAT WASTER, a squanderer; the two are closely related, since in either ca...
Proverbs 18:9 slothful H7503 (H8693) work H4399 brother H251 great H1167 destroyer H7843 (H8688) that is slothful -...
THE FOOL DESTROYS OTHERS AND IS THEREFORE HIMSELF DESTROYED, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS ARE KEPT SAFE (PROVERBS 18:8). In this subsection there is an emphasis on the way in which a fool destroys a community. H...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
_He also that is slothful in his work._ INDOLENCE Indolence is a stream which flows slowly on, but yet undermines the foundation of every virtue. It were as little hazard to be tossed in a storm as t...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 18:9 Verses Proverbs 18:10 and Proverbs 18:11 describe two types of security:
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 18:9. WASTER, or _destroyer_. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 18:9_ TWIN-BROTHERS I. SLOTHFULNESS AND PRODIGALITY HAVE THE SAME ORIGIN. As brothers are the children of a comm...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then com...
Hebrews 6:12; Job 30:29; Luke 15:13; Luke 15:14; Luke 16:1;...
Is brother — Though they take several paths, yet both come to one end....