Provérbios 24:9-10 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 24:7-9

Here is the description, 1. Of a weak man: Wisdom is too high for him; he thinks it so, and therefore, despairing to attain it, he will take no pains in the pursuit of it, but sit down content without it. And really it is so; he has not capacity for it, and therefore the advantages he has for getting it are all in vain to him. It is no easy thing to get wisdom; those that have natural parts good enough, yet if they be foolish, that is, if they be slothful and will not take pains, if they be... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 24:10

Note, 1. In the day of adversity we are apt to faint, to droop and be discouraged, to desist from our work, and to despair of relief. Our spirits sink, and then our hands hang down and our knees grow feeble, and we become unfit for anything. And often those that are most cheerful when they are well droop most, and are most dejected, when any thing ails them. 2. This is an evidence that our strength is small, and is a means of weakening it more. ?It is a sign that thou art not a man of any... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:9

The thoughts of foolishness is sin ,.... The thought of sin is sin F5 "Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum, facti crimen habet", Juvenal. Satyr. 13. v. 209, 210. , before it comes into action; the motions of sin in the mind, the workings of corrupt nature in the heart, the sinful desires of the flesh and of the mind: these are forbidden and condemned by the law of God as sin, which says, "Thou shall not covet", Exodus 20:17 , and stand in need of pardoning grace and... read more

John Gill

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

If thou faint in the day of adversity ,.... When under bodily afflictions, stripping providences, reduced to great straits and wants; or under the violent persecutions of men, which is sometimes the case of the people of God; whose times are in his hands, times of adversity, as well as prosperity; and which are appointed by him, when they shall come, and how long they shall last; which is but for a short time, it is but a "day", and yet they are apt to "faint" under them, through the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:9

The thought of foolishness is sin - חטאת אולת זמת zimmath ivveleth chattath . "The device of folly is transgression;" or, "an evil purpose is sinful;" or, perhaps more literally, "the device of the foolish is sin." It has been variously understood by the versions. "The cunning: of the fool is sin." - Targum. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:10

If thou faint - If thou give way to discouragement and despair in the day of adversity - time of trial or temptation. Thy strength is small - כחכה צר tsar cochachah , thy strength is contracted. So the old MS. Bible excellently: Gif sliden thou dispeire, in the dai of anguyfs, schal be made litil thy strengthe. In times of trial we should endeavor to be doubly courageous; when a man loses his courage, his strength avails him nothing. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:7-10

Some distichs now follow, concerned with wisdom and its opposite. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:7-10

Some traits of folly and sin I. THE GROVELLING MIND . ( Proverbs 24:7 .) Wisdom is too high for the indolent to climb to, for the sensual and earthly to admire and love. They are like Muck-rake, in Bunyan's parable. From such no good counsel ever comes. They are dumb "in the gate," on every important occasion, when help, light, sympathy, are needed. The base prudence which inspires many popular proverbs—the prudence "which adores the rule of three, which never subscribes, never... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:9

The thought of foolishness is sin. "Sin" is the subject in this clause as "the scorner" is in the next; and what it says is that sin is the exeogitation, the contriving of folly. The stoner is the real fool, m that he does not pursue his proper end, prepares misery for himself, is blind to his best interests. The connection between sin and folly, as between wisdom and righteousness, is continually enforced throughout the book. The scorner is an abomination to men. The man who scoffs at... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:9

Sin and folly However these words are read, they point to an association of sin and folly. This may be regarded from two points of view, according as we start with the thought of the sin or with that of the folly. I. SIN IMPLIES FOLLY . 1 . It chooses the worse of two courses . Thus it blunders into self-injury. Evil is not only culpable in the sight of God; it is hurtful to the evil doer. Its path is dark, degraded, disappointing. It is foolish to turn from the way of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 24:7-9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 24:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:9

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:7-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:7-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:9

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