a prating fool&c. The repetition of this clause in a new connection is interesting. In Proverbs 10:8 the contrast is between a wise heart and an unbridled tongue, in its consequences to its possessor. Here it is between crafty reticence which injures others, and foolish loquacity which injures oneself.
"The Sept. and Syr. read, But he that rebuketh openly maketh peace," R.V. marg.; but nothing is gained by the change.
Verse Proverbs 10:10. _HE THAT WINKETH WITH THE EYE_] Instead of the latter clause, on which see Proverbs 10:8, the _Septuagint_ has, ὁ δε ελεγχων μετα παῥρησιας ειρηνοποιει· "but he that reproveth...
In Proverbs 10:8 the relation between the two clauses was one of contrast, here of resemblance. Cunning, reticence, and deceit (Proverbs 6:12 note) bring sorrow no less than garrulity....
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...
BUT A PRATING FOOL SHALL FALL— We have remarked in a former note, that these proverbs consist of hemistichs, the second of which, an ingenious writer observes, farther strengthens and illustrates the...
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 winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. HE THAT WINKETH WITH THE EYE CAUSETH SORROW. "Winketh-namely, with malicious intent (, note). Feigning kindliness to his...
10:10 fool (b-12) Lit. 'a fool of lips.'...
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...
WINKETH WITH THE EYE] i.e. to stir up by malicious hints. In the LXX the second half of the v. runs: 'but he that openly rebuketh maketh peace.'...
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...
‘Look out for the evil man! Look out for the thief! His mouth is speaking false words. Look out for his signals! He shuts his eyes. He moves his feet. He taps his fingers. He is plotting evil plans in...
CAUSETH SORROW to the person who is the butt of his ridicule, or against whom his malice is directed....
קֹ֣רֵ֖ץ עַ֭יִן יִתֵּ֣ן עַצָּ֑בֶת וֶ אֱוִ֥יל ש
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 that (e) winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a (f) prating fool shall fall. (e) That bears a fair countenance and imagines mischief in his heart, as in (Proverbs 6:13). (f) For the corruptio...
Sorrow. Septuagint add, "to men as well as to himself." (Calmet) --- "But he who chides boldly shall make peace," (Haydock) or "work safety," as the Syriac and Arabic also read, instead of Hebrew, "a...
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 WINKETH WITH THE EYE,.... The Syriac and Arabic versions add, "with fraud". A descriptive character of a wicked man, Proverbs 6:13; who so does, either to draw and allure persons to go along w...
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. Ver. 10. _He that winketh with the eye._] That is, Loath to stand to those truths that shall bring him to suffering. Or, He...
_He that winketh with his eye_ That secretly and cunningly designs mischiefs against others: see on Proverbs 6:13: _causeth sorrow _ To others, and afterward to himself; _but_ Or, _and_, as it is in t...
V. 10. HE THAT WINKETH WITH THE EYE, as a malicious and mocking sign to his confederates to watch him or to join him in some act of insult, CAUSETH SORROW, injury and grief; BUT A PRATING FOOL SHALL F...
SHALL FALL: Or, shall be beaten...
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...
THAT WINKETH WITH THE EYE; that secretly and cunningly designs mischiefs against others, as this phrase is used, PSALMS 35:19 PROVERBS 6:13. CAUSETH SORROW to others, and afterwards to himself. BUT; o...
Proverbs 10:10 winks H7169 (H8802) eye H5869 causes H5414 (H8799) trouble H6094 prating H8193 fool H191 fall...
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 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...
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...
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 10:6 Neither the BLESSINGS... ON THE HEAD OF THE RIGHTEOUS nor the VIOLENCE that is hidden by the MOUTH OF THE WICKED are necessarily obvious to an obse
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 10:9. BE KNOWN, _i.e._, “be made known,” or, discovered. Proverbs 10:11. For second clause, see on Proverbs 10:6. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH—...
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...
3 John 1:10; Job 15:12; Proverbs 6:13; Proverbs 10:8; Proverbs 18:21;
Winketh — That secretly designs mischief against others, as this phrase is used, Psalms 35:19....