Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 10:5
Gathereth — The fruits of his field. In summer — In harvest. He that improved the opportunities of doing good to himself and others.
Gathereth — The fruits of his field. In summer — In harvest. He that improved the opportunities of doing good to himself and others.
Verse Proverbs 10:5. _HE THAT GATHERETH IN SUMMER_] All the work of the field should be done in the _season suitable to it_. If _summer_ and _harvest_ be neglected, in vain does a man expect the fruit...
The son is called upon to enter upon the labors of others, and reap where they have sown. To sleep when the plenteous harvest lies ready for the sickle is the most extreme laziness....
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...
GATHERETH IN SUMMER, &C. Illustrations: Isaac (Genesis 18:19); Joseph (Genesis 47:12); Timothy (2 Timothy 3:15.Acts 16:1;...
_sleepeth_ Sleeps heavily, goes fast to sleep. Stertit, Vulg. Comp. Jonah 1:5-6, where the Heb. word is the same. This is an example of an exactly balanced proverb in the wording of the two clauses,...
CHAPTER 10 TEXT Proverbs 10:1-11 1. The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. 2. Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But rig...
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. HE THAT GATHERETH IN SUMMER IS A WISE SON. A characteristic of "wise son" who "maketh a glad...
'Make hay while the sun shines.'...
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...
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...
A wise person is not lazy. He is not afraid to work hard. He does not steal to make himself rich. He does not expect other people to give money to him. A wise man learns from his studies. But a wise m...
אֹגֵ֣ר בַּ֭ † קַּיִץ בֵּ֣ן מַשְׂכִּ֑יל נִרְדָּ֥ם...
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...
_He. Septuagint, "a son well educated shall be wise, and shall have the unwise for his servant. An intelligent son has been saved from the heat. But the wicked son is destroyed by the wind in time of...
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...
HE THAT GATHERETH IN SUMMER [IS] A WISE SON,.... Which is the time of gathering the fruits of the earth, and laying them up against winter, as the ant is said to do, Proverbs 6:8; [BUT] HE THAT SLEEP...
He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame. Ver. 5. _He that gathereth in summer._] A well chosen season is the greatest advantage of...
_He that gathereth_ The fruits of his field; _in summer_ In harvest, as it follows, which is a part of summer; _is a wise son_ Acts a prudent and proper part: he acts wisely for his parents, whom, if...
V. 5. HE THAT GATHERETH IN SUMMER, in the time of harvest, IS A WISE SON, literally, "that doeth wisely"; BUT HE THAT SLEEPETH IN HARVEST, thus losing the best opportunity for storing the fruits of th...
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...
HE THAT GATHERETH the fruits of his field in summer; in harvest, as it follows, which is a part of summer. He that watcheth for and improveth the proper seasons and opportunities of doing good to hims...
Proverbs 10:5 gathers H103 (H8802) summer H7019 wise H7919 (H8688) son H1121 sleeps H7290 (H8737) harvest...
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...
SUBHEADING. Proverbs 10:1 ‘The Proverbs of Solomon.' Here we have the heading for this subsection. It is brief and to the point, for Solomon has already been more fully described in Proverbs 1:1. It...
Proverbs 10:5 Summer is the right season for gathering in the harvest. To say, then, that it is wise to gather in summer is only saying, in other words, that a wise man will make the most of his oppo...
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...
_He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame._ SUMMER AND HARVEST I. God affords you opportunities for good. He favours you with seasons wh...
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
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 10:5_ THE USE AND THE NEGLECT OF OPPORTUNITIES I. MAN HAS OPPORTUNITIES GIVEN TO HIM WHICH IT IS A MARK OF WISDOM TO EMBRACE. 1. _He has the literal and temporal summer_...
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...
Isaiah 55:6; Isaiah 55:7; Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 17:2; Proverbs 19:26