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...
THE FEAR OF THE LORD. See note on Proverbs 1:7. PROLONGETH DAYS. increaseth days; not necessarily in number, but in greater value and importance. SHORTENED. cut down, or made little, as in Isaiah 50:...
Comp. Proverbs 3:2....
TEXT Proverbs 10:23-32 23. It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And so is wisdom to a man of understanding. 24. The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righte...
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. THE FEAR OF THE LORD PROLONGETH DAYS - namely, the days of the righteous, beyond the term of life assigned to...
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...
The good man respects God. He will have a long life. He will be happy. The evil man refuses God’s wisdom. The evil man will die soon. His plans will fail. He will achieve nothing. These verses are r...
These proverbs are about time. Solomon discusses different situations. He explains what will happen in the future....
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 FEAR OF THE LORD PROLONGETH DAYS. — The special Old Testament blessing for obedience (comp. Proverbs 9:11), often fulfilled now, too, in the case of those who live on to old age, in the quiet fulf...
יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה תֹּוסִ֣יף יָמִ֑ים וּ שְׁנֹ֖ות...
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 BLESSING OF THE LORD MAKETH RICH Proverbs 10:17-32 Let us specially avoid talking too much. Silence is golden. See Proverbs 10:19. Yet _the tongue of the just is as choice silver and the lips of...
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 fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked (m) shall be shortened. (m) The time of their prosperity will be short because of their great fall, though they seem to live long....
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. He that hideth hatred with lying li...
_LONG LIFE AND PROMISED BLESSING_ ‘The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.’ Proverbs 10:27 All men love life: there is not one who really desires death...
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 FEAR OF THE LORD PROLONGETH DAYS,.... Not beyond the time fixed in the unalterable purposes and decrees of God, Job 14:5; but longer than some others, or than those that fear the Lord expect to li...
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. Ver. 27. _The fear of the Lord prolongeth days._] Heb., Addeth days, viz., beyond expectation or likelihood in a...
_The fear of the Lord prolongeth days_ For it gives those who are influenced by it a title to the promise of long life, as well as to other promises; it gladdens their hearts, which does good like a m...
V. 27. THE FEAR OF THE LORD PROLONGETH DAYS, adding to their number; BUT THE YEARS OF THE WICKED SHALL BE SHORTENED, their span of life will not reach the normal length....
PROLONGETH: _ Heb._ addeth...
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...
PROLONGETH DAYS; partly because it gives them a title to the promise of long life, as well as to other promises; partly because it gladdeth the heart, which doth good like a medicine, PROVERBS 17:22,...
Proverbs 10:27 fear H3374 LORD H3068 prolongs H3254 (H8686) days H3117 years H8141 wicked H7563 shortened H7114
THE BLESSING OF YHWH, WHICH COMES AS A RESULT OF THE FEAR OF YHWH, MAKES RICH WITHOUT THE BAD CONSEQUENCES THAT CAN RESULT FROM RICHES, AND PRODUCES TRUE JOY, WHILST THE FOOL SUFFERS THE WORST POSSIBL...
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...
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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 fear of the Lord prolongeth days._ LONG LIFE A PROMISED BLESSING We may wish for one another long life. Every one wishes it for himself. It is a mistake to regard this wish as an infirmity. Str...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 10:27_ LONG LIFE This verse must be looked at— I. GENERALLY. The fear of the Lord prolongs life because, other things being equal, godliness tends to bodily health. A go...
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...
Ecclesiastes 7:17; Jeremiah 17:11; Job 15:32; Job 15:33; Job 22:15;...