Verse Proverbs 10:11. The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life] מקור חיים mekor chaiyim, is the vein of lives; an allusion to the great aorta, which conveys the blood from the heart to every part of the body. The latter clause of this verse is the same with that of Proverbs 10:6.
Compare Proverbs 10:6. Streams of living water (like the “fountain of living waters” of Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 17:13, and the “living water” of...
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...
MOUTH. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken by it....
_violence covereth_&c. See Proverbs 10:6, note. The former (_a_) of the meanings suggested there best suits the parallelism here....
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 mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. THE MOUTH OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN IS A WELL OF LIFE. He speaks words which issue in life (in the highest s...
10:11 violence. (d-19) See Note, ver. 6....
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...
When a good man speaks, we should listen. His words bring life to us. They are like water that pours from a fountain. His words, like the water, are plentiful and good. And his words bless everyone wh...
VIOLENCE COVERETH THE MOUTH OF THE WICKED. — If these words are to be taken as in Proverbs 10:6, then the first line must mean that the righteous man speaks to his own profit. But perhaps it will be b...
מְקֹ֣ור חַ֭יִּים פִּ֣י צַדִּ֑יק וּ פִ֥י רְ֝שׁ
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...
_Life. Or a never-failing spring, fons perennis, as we should speak in Latin, chap. xiii. 14., and Apocalypse vii. 17._...
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 MOUTH OF A RIGHTEOUS [MAN IS] A WELL OF LIFE,.... Like a fountain of living water, continually running and flowing with water, wholesome, reviving, and refreshing; so the righteous man's mouth, ou...
The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Ver. 11. _The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life._] _Vena vitae os iusti._ A fountain runs aft...
_The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life_ Continually sending forth waters of life, or such words as are refreshing and useful, both to himself and others, both for the preserving of natural li...
V. 11. THE MOUTH OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN IS A WELL OF LIFE, on account of the cheerful and helpful utterances which proceed from it; BUT VIOLENCE COVERETH THE MOUTH OF THE WICKED, he hides it for a while,...
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...
A WELL OF LIFE; continually sending forth waters of life, or such good and wholesome words as are very refreshing and useful, both to themselves and others, for the preserving of their natural life, a...
Proverbs 10:11 mouth H6310 righteous H6662 well H4726 life H2416 violence H2555 covers H3680 (H8762) mouth H6310
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...
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...
_The mouth of the righteous is a well of life._ STREAMS IN THE DESERT A man who receives, professes, and obeys the truth, is like a well of water; while a man who retains the form of religion, but d...
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 THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 10:6; Proverbs 10:11_ THE WAY TO PRESENT BLESSEDNESS AND FUTURE FAME We connect the first and last of these verses, because the latter clause in both is...
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; Ephesians 4:29; James 3:5; Matthew 12:34;...