Provérbios 10:19-32 NVIPT

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the just is as choice silver ,.... Which utters things precious, pure, pleasant, and profitable; things for worth and value as choice silver; the doctrines of the Gospel, the power of which he has felt upon his heart; the precious promises of it, which have been applied unto him; and the rich experience of grace he has been favoured with: things pure and incorrupt, like silver free from dross; as the doctrines of grace, fetched out of the mines of the sacred Scripture, free... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many ,.... Not their bodies; words are but wind, and will not feed; it is not enough to say to the distressed, "be ye warmed and filled", and give nothing; unless this can be understood of obtaining food for others by their prayers, as Jarchi interprets it: but the souls of many; these the righteous feed, by communicating the spiritual knowledge and understanding of divine things they are partakers of; by setting before them the bread of life, the honey and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich ,.... In the diligent use of means; see Proverbs 10:4 ; riches are from the Lord, and should be acknowledged as such, and not attributed to the industry, diligence, sagacity, and merit of men; but should be looked upon as had through the blessing of the Lord upon the labours of men; and when they come this way they come as a blessing, and with one: it may be understood of being made rich in a spiritual sense; it is the blessing, good will, and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:23

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief ,.... To do any injury to the persons and properties of men; which shows a most wicked and malicious spirit, a very depraved nature indeed: or rather "to commit sin" F15 עשות זמה "facere scelus", Montanus, Baynus, Junius & Tremellius, Cocceius, Michaelis; "perpetrare scelus", Piscator; "patrare facinus", Schultens. of any sort, which he has devised in his own heart; it is as a "laughing" F16 כשחוק "veluti risus", Mercerus,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:24

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him ,.... What he dreads in his own mind will be his unhappy case, sooner or later it comes upon him; his fear of distresses, calamities, and judgments in this life, and of eternal wrath and vengeance hereafter; for the most profligate and abandoned wretches, the greatest atheists, who endeavour to work themselves up to a disbelief of a God and a future state, have at times their frights and fears about these things; and as are their fears of God,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:25

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more ,.... The wicked themselves are like a whirlwind, noisy, boisterous, and blustering; such is the man of sin, who speaks like a dragon, breathing out slaughter and threatening against the saints; and so are his followers, fierce and heady, and like a whirlwind, pernicious and destructive, bearing down, carrying away, and destroying all before it; so the locusts of the bottomless pit, under their king Abaddon, or Apollyon, the destroyer;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth ,.... Which, with its coldness and sourness, blunts the teeth, and makes it troublesome to eat: the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it, "as the sour grape is hurtful to the teeth;' sets them on edge; and as smoke to the eye ; dims the sight, causes the eye to water, and is very pernicious and vexatious: so is the sluggard to them that send him : that is, the slothful messenger, as the Targum explains it; who, being sent on an errand, is... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:27

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 live; or longer than, according to the course of nature, and the weakness of their constitutions, it could be thought they should live. Long life is promised to them that fear the Lord; godliness has the promise of this life and of that to come; the fear of the Lord is the means of preserving... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness ,.... Or, " is gladness" F23 "Est", Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis. ; it is now attended with joy; he has a pleasure in the exercise of the grace of hope as to future things; he rejoices in hope of the glory of God, and is enabled to hold fast the rejoicing of his hope firm unto the end, Romans 5:2 ; and the issue of his hope will be an abundant entrance into the joy of his Lord; a being brought into his... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is strength to the upright ,.... Who are upright in heart and life; who have the uprightness or righteousness of Christ imputed to them, and right spirits renewed in them; in consequence of which they walk uprightly, Proverbs 10:9 . To these "the way of the Lord is strength"; both the way which he himself takes, and the way which he prescribes and directs his people to walk in: the way in which he walks in providence towards them is the strength of them; he is their... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:29

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