Proverbs 10:23 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 10:23

Here is, 1. Sin exceedingly sinful: It is as laughter to a fool to do mischief; it is as natural to him, and as pleasant, as it is to a man to laugh. Wickedness is his Isaac (that is the word here); it is his delight, his darling, and that in which he pleases himself. He makes a laughing matter of sin. When he is warned not to sin, from the consideration of the law of God and the revelation of his wrath against sin, he makes a jest of the admonition, and laughs at the shaking of the spear;... read more

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:23

It is a sport to a fool to do mischief - What a millstone weight of iniquity hangs about the necks of most of the jesters. facetious and witty people! "How many lies do they tell in jest, to go to the devil in earnest!" read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:1-32

The service of speech, etc "Man is a talking animal," we say. But if we are distinguished from the brute creation by the mere fact of speech, how truly are we divided from one another by the use we make of that human faculty! To what height of worthiness one man may rise, and what inestimable service he may render, but to what depth of wrong another man may fall, and what mischief he may work, by the use of his tongue! I. THE SERVICE OF SPEECH . "By our words" we may do great... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:22-25

Life seekers Leasing says of the Old Testament, as an elementary book of childlike wisdom, that "its style is now plain and simple, now poetic, full of tautologies, but such as exercise the penetration of the mind, while they seem now to say something fresh, yet say the same; now seem to say the same, and at bottom signify, or may signify, something different." The Proverbs are the constant illustration of the Law. I. THE BLESSING OF JEHOVAH INDISPENSABLE ; ALL TROUBLE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:23

As sport. The wicked make their pastime and amusement in doing evil. A man of understanding hath wisdom. As thus put, the sentence is jejune. The Revised Version expresses the meaning better: "And so is wisdom to a man of understanding;" i.e. the wise man finds his refreshment in living a wise and prudent life, which is as easy and as pleasant to him as mischief is to the vicious. The wisdom intended is practical religion, the fear of God directing and showing itself in daily action.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 10:23

Proverbs 10:23. It is as sport to a fool to do mischief Or, as some render it, to work wickedness; yea, great and premeditated wickedness, as the word here used, זמה , properly signifies: he doth it with ease and delight, and without any shame, or remorse, or fear. But a man of understanding hath wisdom Whereby he is kept from committing wickedness, and especially from sporting himself with it. But this last clause is rendered by many, And so is wisdom to a man of understanding: it is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:1-32

10:1-22:16PROVERBS OF SOLOMONThe proverbs in this section are usually written in a simple two-line form, each proverb usually being equal to one verse in our Bible. Although the editor of the book has in parts brought together proverbs dealing with a similar subject or principle, each proverb must be considered by itself.Clearly there is not enough space in a commentary of this size to explain each separate proverb. Readers will gain most benefit from Proverbs by reading it over a period (for... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 10:23

But. Supply Figure of speech Ellipsis ( App-6 ), "But [to exercise] wisdom [is as sport] to a man of understanding". man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14 . understanding . . . wisdom. See note on Proverbs 1:2 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 10:23

"It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And so is wisdom to a man of understanding."A various reading here, "It is sport for a fool to commit lewdness, but it is an abomination to a man of understanding."[24] "A rascal thinks sin is fun."[25] read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 10:23

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:1-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:22-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 10:23

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:1-32

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 10:23

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 10:23

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