箴言 12:24-25 RCUVTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 12:24

Note, 1. Industry is the way to preferment. Solomon advanced Jeroboam because he saw that he was an industrious young man, and minded his business, 1 Kgs. 11:28. Men that take pains in study and serviceableness will thereby gain such an interest and reputation as will give them a dominion over all about them, by which means many have risen strangely. He that has been faithful in a few things shall be made ruler over many things. The elders, that labour in the word and doctrine, are worthy of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 12:25

Here is, 1. The cause and consequence of melancholy. It is heaviness in the heart; it is a load of care, and fear, and sorrow, upon the spirits, depressing them, and disabling them to exert themselves with any vigour on what is to be done or fortitude in what is to borne; it makes them stoop, prostrates and sinks them. Those that are thus oppressed can neither do the duty nor take the comfort of any relation, condition, or conversation. Those therefore that are inclined to it should watch and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule ,.... "Shall become rich", so Jarchi interprets it, according to Proverbs 10:4 ; Through diligence men get riches, and through riches they arrive to power and authority over others: from apprentices and journeymen workmen they become masters of their business; diligent men become masters of families, and have servants and workmen under them; become magistrates in cities, and bear rule over their fellow citizens, and are advanced to places of power... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 12:25

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop ,.... Either an anxious care and solicitude about living in the world, as the word F13 דאגה "solicitudo", Tigurine version, Montanus, Piscator, Michaelis; "solicitudo anxia", Mercerus, Gejerus; "solicita anxietas", Junius & Tremellius; "anxietatem", Schultens. signifies; when it seizes a man's spirits, it depresses them, and keeps them down: or a fear and dread of adversity, or sorrow and grief, on account of some calamity and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule - And why? because by his own industry he is independent; and every such person is respected wherever found. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 12:25

Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop - Sorrow of heart, hopeless love, or a sense of God's displeasure - these prostrate the man, and he becomes a child before them. But a good word maketh it glad - A single good or favorable word will remove despondency; and that word, "Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee," will instantly remove despair. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule ( Proverbs 10:4 ). For "diligent" the Vulgate has fortium, "the strong and active;" Septuagint, ἐκλεκτῶν , "choice." Such men are sure to rise to the surface, and get the upper hand in a community, as the LXX . adds, "with facility," by a natural law. But the slothful (literally, slothfulness ) shall be under tribute; or, reduced to compulsory service, like the Gibeonites in Joshua's time, and the Canaanites under Solomon ( Joshua... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:24

2. The promotion of the diligent and the subjection of the slothful I. THE DILIGENT RISE IN LIFE . This is too obvious to need insisting upon. But often, when wonder is expressed at the rise of ordinary men, this solution may be recurred to. As a rule, it is not the greatest wits who fill the high places of the realm, but the greatest workers. II. HE ONLY IS FIT TO GOVERN WHO HAS BEEN WILLING TO SERVE . For in truth the spirit of the true servant and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.