Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Proverbs 10:4
Verse Proverbs 10:4. He becometh poor] God has ordered, in the course of his providence, that he who will not work shall not eat. And he always blesses the work of the industrious man.
Verse Proverbs 10:4. He becometh poor] God has ordered, in the course of his providence, that he who will not work shall not eat. And he always blesses the work of the industrious man.
SLACK - The word is elsewhere translated as “deceitful” Job 13:7; Psalms 120:2; Hosea 7:16; Jeremiah 48:10. The two thoughts
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...
POOR. needy. Hebrew. _rush._ See note on Proverbs 6:11, SLACK. deceitful. Asm Proverbs 12:24.Psalms 52:2; Psalms 120:2;...
_He becometh poor_ It has been thought that the change of a single vowel point would give _A slack hand maketh poor_, which is an exact parallel to the second clause of the verse, and is adopted by th...
DISCOURSE: 774 EFFECTS OF SLOTH AND DILIGENCE COMPARED Proverbs 10:4. _He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich_. IT is certainly true, that men’s cir...
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 becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. HE BECOMETH POOR THAT DEALETH WITH A SLACK HAND: BUT THE HAND OF THE DILIGENT MAKETH RICH. "Dealeth" - i...
TO DEAL _with_ A SLACK HAND is to be lacking in energy....
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 person is not lazy. He is not afraid to work hard. He does not steal to make himself rich. He does not expect other people to give money to him. A wise man learns from his studies. But a wise m...
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...
רָ֗אשׁ עֹשֶׂ֥ה כַף ־רְמִיָּ֑ה וְ יַ֖ד חָרוּצִ
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...
_Poverty. Even of those who had plenty. This is true in a spiritual sense likewise. (Calmet) --- The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence. (Haydock) --- Otiositas mater nugarum, noverca virtutum. (St....
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 BECOMETH POOR THAT DEALETH [WITH] A SLACK HAND,.... That is either remiss in giving to the necessities of others, according to his abilities, and as cases require; or that is negligent and slothful...
He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. Ver. 4. _He becometh poor._] Lest any should say, If God do all, we need do the less. Doing you must be, s...
_He becometh poor_ Probably by slow degrees; _that dealeth with a slack hand_ Who is negligent and slothful in his business. Hebrew, כ Š רמיה, with a _deceitful hand_, so called, partly because it see...
V. 4. HE BECOMETH POOR THAT DEALETH WITH A SLACK HAND, doing his work with an idle hand, too lazy to exert himself; BUT THE HAND OF THE DILIGENT MAKETH RICH, under the blessing of God prosperity and e...
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...
WITH A SLACK HAND; negligently and slothfully, as appears from the diligence opposed to it in the next branch, and from the use of this word in this sense, PROVERBS 12:24,27 PROVERBS 19:15 JEREMIAH 48...
Proverbs 10:4 has H6213 (H8802) slack H7423 hand H3709 poor H7326 (H8802) hand H3027 diligent H2742 rich...
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 hand of the diligent maketh rich._ DILIGENT Our life is dependent on our industry. It is good for man that he should have to labour. Were God to do all, We should truly leave Him to do it, not c...
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 10:4 MAKES RICH. See v. Proverbs 10:22. The DILIGENT is another name applied to the wise (see...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 10:3. THE SOUL OF THE RIGHTEOUS, literally, “the spirit of the righteous.” BUT HE CASTETH AWAY, ETC. Zöckler and Delitzsch here read, “but the craving of the wicked He disap...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Peter 1:5; Ecclesiastes 10:18; Hebrews 6:11;...