Treasures of wickedness … righteousness The contrast would seem to be between "wickedness" in its highest prosperity and success, when it has amassed "treasures," when it has "found all precious substance and filled the house with spoil" (Proverbs 1:13), and "righteousness," in itself considered, independently of the consequences which may attach to it. Comp. Proverbs 11:4.
Verse Proverbs 10:2. _TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS_] Property gained by wicked means. _DELIVERED FROM DEATH_] Treasures gained by robbery often bring their possessors to an untimely death; but those gaine...
RIGHTEOUSNESS - Including, perhaps, the idea of benevolence. Compare the use of δικαιοσύνη _dikaiosunē_, in Matthew 6:1 (the older reading), and 2 Corinthians 9:9....
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...
WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. PROFIT NOTHING. Illustrations: Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 12:1; 2 Chronicles 12:9); Gehazi (2 Kings 5:20;...
RIGHTEOUSNESS DELIVERETH FROM DEATH— The meaning seems to be, that justice, holiness, and virtue, constitute the true riches of a man; which, whosoever is wise enough to lay up, procures to himself an...
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...
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS PROFIT NOTHING: BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS DELIVERETH FROM DEATH. "Profit nothing" - namely, TREASURE...
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...
TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS] acquired by wrong-doing (Amos 3:10). In many synagogues this v. is inscribed over the alms-box. To the later Jews 'righteousness' meant almsgiving (Daniel 4:27; Tob 4:1; Tob 1...
‘If you steal money, then it has no value.’ You could argue that this is not true. If someone steals money, then he can still spend it. He can buy many things. A thief can become wealthy. But Solomon...
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...
TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS — _i.e.,_ gained by wrong-doing. RIGHTEOUSNESS DELIVERETH FROM DEATH. — The Hebrew word translated “righteousness” has a much wider meaning than its English equivalent, which g...
לֹא ־יֹ֭ועִילוּ אֹוצְרֹ֣ות רֶ֑שַׁע וּ֝ צְדָקָ֗ה...
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...
Treasures of (a) wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. (a) That is, wickedly gotten....
_Wickedness. Riches ill acquired, or tending to corrupt the heart, Luke xvi. 9._...
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. There is a righteousness indeed, which delivereth from death, even the righteousness of Jesus, and which God hath set...
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...
TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS PROFIT NOTHING,.... By which are meant either a large abundance of riches in general, which for the most part are enjoyed by wicked men, and abused to wicked purposes, Proverbs...
_Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death._ Ver. 2. _Treasures of wickedness._] Our Saviour calls it "Mammon of iniquity," Luk 16:9 that next odious name to the...
_Treasures of wickedness_ Such as are got by any sort of unjust or wicked practices; or worldly riches in general, termed by our Lord, _the mammon of unrighteousness, Luke 16:9_, because they are ofte...
V. 2. TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS, such as have been gained by any form of wickedness, PROFIT NOTHING, they cannot bring lasting happiness nor avert a sudden and unhappy death; BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS, righteou...
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...
TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS: either, 1. All worldly treasures and riches, which are called the mammon of unrighteousness, LUKE 16:9, of which see the reasons there; to which righteousness or holiness, wh...
Proverbs 10:2 Treasures H214 wickedness H7562 profit H3276 (H8686) righteousness H6666 delivers H5337 (H8686) death H41
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...
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...
_Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivereth from death _ THE PROFITS OF WICKEDNESS AND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS In nothing is our common proneness to self-deception more conspicuou...
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 10:2_ THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND RICHES I. WEALTH WHEN LAWFULLY GOTTEN IS PROFITLESS FOR MANY VERY IMPORTANT THINGS. Death is mentioned in the text, it h...
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...
Daniel 4:27; Isaiah 10:2; Isaiah 10:3; James 5:1; Luke 12:15;...
Of wickedness — Such as are got by any sort of wicked practices. Death — Often from temporal, and always from eternal death....