will receive, &c. Illustrations: Abraham (Genesis 22; Hebrews 11:8; Hebrews 11:17); David (2 Samuel 7); widow (1 Kings 17:10); Rechabites (Jeremiah 35:6. Compare Proverbs 23:22).
a prating fool. a fool (Hebrew. 'evil. See note on Proverbs 1:7) of lips: lips put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken by them. Illustrations: Korah, &c. (Numbers 16); Diotrephes (3 John 1:9). Compare 2 Peter 2:10; Jude 1:13.
Verse Proverbs 10:8. _A PRATING FOOL SHALL FALL._] This clause is repeated in the _tenth_ verse. The _wise man will receive the commandment: but_ _the shallow blabbing fool shall be cast down_. See Pr...
A PRATING ... FALL - Better, as in the margin. Inward self-contained wisdom is contrasted with self-exposed folly....
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...
_a prating fool_ A happy rendering, lit. THE FOOLISH OF LIPS. _shall fall_ Or, _shall be overthrown_, or _laid low_. R.V. marg....
THE WISE IN HEART WILL RECEIVE COMMANDMENTS— _He who is wise in heart, will receive the commandment; he who has foolish lips, will stubbornly refuse it._ Houbigant....
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...
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. THE WISE IN HEART WILL RECEIVE COMMANDMENTS - namely, those of God, and of the servants of God, as to the right regulati...
10:8 fool (b-10) 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...
A wise man obeys instructions. He tries to learn from other people. If you give instructions to a fool, he does not listen. By ‘fool’, Solomon means a person who refuses to obey God. A fool only thi...
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 PRATING FOOL (_‘evîl_). (See above, on Proverbs 1:7.)...
חֲכַם ־לֵ֭ב יִקַּ֣ח מִצְוֹ֑ת וֶ אֱוִ֥יל שְׂ֝פ
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...
_Lips. He will not bear correction. (Menochius) --- But suffers the punishment of his own unguarded speeches; or rather the man who hath foolish lips, shall be beaten, ver. 13. (Calmet)_...
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...
THE WISE IN HEART WILL RECEIVE COMMANDMENTS,.... Such who have true wisdom in the hidden part of the heart, of which the fear of the Lord is the beginning: these will not only, as good subjects, honou...
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. Ver. 8. _The wise in heart shall receive commandment,_] _i.e., _ Submit to God's holy word without replies and cavils. This...
_The wise, &c., will receive commandments_ Is ready to hear and obey the precepts of God and men. _But a prating fool_ One who is slow to hear, and swift to speak, who, instead of receiving good admon...
V. 8. THE WISE IN HEART WILL RECEIVE COMMANDMENTS, showing himself ready to be instructed and guided in the right way; BUT A PRATING FOOL, a person of foolish lips, SHALL FALL, be overthrown, bring ab...
A PRATING FOOL: _ Heb._ a fool of lips...
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...
WILL RECEIVE COMMANDMENTS; is ready to hear and obey the counsels and precepts of God, and of men, by which means he shall stand fast and live. A PRATING FOOL; one who is slow to hear and swift to spe...
Proverbs 10:8 wise H2450 heart H3820 receive H3947 (H8799) commands H4687 prating H8193 fool H191 fall H3832 ...
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...
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 wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall._ THE WISE TAKE ADVICE, FOOLS ONLY GIVE IT Here is one of the most valuable results of wisdom. It is not what it gives, but...
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
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 10:8_ THE DOER AND THE TALKER I. A DEFINITION OF A WISE MAN. He is one that “will receive commandments.” The reception of commandments implies a commander, and a willingn...
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 10:12; James 3:13; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 12:1; Pro
Who receive — Is ready to hear and obey the precepts of God and men. Fall — Into mischief....