Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:30
The righteous shall never be removed - Because he is built on the eternal foundation. See on Proverbs 10:25 ; (note). read more
Proverbs 10:27-32 Kjv
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:31
The froward tongue shall be cut out - This probably alludes to the punishment of cutting out the tongue for blasphemy, treasonable speeches, profane swearing, or such like. The tunge of schrewis schal perishen. - Old MS. Bible. Were the tongue of every shrew or scold to be extracted, we should soon have much less noise in the world. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable - And what they believe to be most pleasing and most profitable, that they speak, but the wicked man knows as well what is perverse, and that he speaketh forth. As the love of God is not in his heart, so the law of kindness is not on his lips. 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 10:27
The fear of the Lord prolongeth days. The premise of long life as the reward of a religious conversation is often found in our book, where temporal retribution is set forth (see Proverbs 3:2 ; Proverbs 9:11 ; Proverbs 14:27 ). Shall be shortened, as Psalms 55:23 ; Ecclesiastes 7:17 . read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:27-32
Impression by tautology These verses contain mostly iterations of maxims already delivered (on Proverbs 10:27 , see on Proverbs 3:2 ; Proverbs 9:11 ; on verse 28, see on verse 24; Proverbs 11:7 ). That religion is a protector to the man of good conscience, while overthrow awaits the ungodly, again brings out an often expressed thought with emphasis ( Proverbs 10:30 ; see on Proverbs 10:25 ; Proverbs 3:21 ). Proverbs 10:31 , Proverbs 10:32 again contrast the speech of the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness. The patient expectation of the righteous is joyful, because it has good hope of being, and is, fulfilled. So the apostle ( Romans 12:12 ) speaks, "Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation." Septuagint, "Gladness delayeth for the just." The expectation of the wicked; that which the wicked eagerly hope for shall come to naught ( Proverbs 11:7 ; Job 8:13 ; Psalms 112:10 ). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous I. WE ALL LIVE BY HOPE . The righteous has his "hope," the wicked his "expectation;" both live in the future. The present takes its colours chiefly from our anticipations of the future. It is dark or bright according as shadows or light fall on it from that visionary world. The man who has no hope here or hereafter is practically dead. Despair is suicide. Hence the importance of seeing to our hopes. If they are ill-grounded, all life is a mistake. II.... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:29
The way of the Lord; i.e. the way in which he has commanded, men to walk—the way of his commandments ( Psalms 25:12 ; Psalms 119:27 ), that which the Pharisees confessed that Christ taught ( Matthew 22:16 ). The Septuagint renders, "the fear of the Lord," which practically gives the meaning. Or "the Lord's way" may be his moral government of the world. Strength ; better a fortress ( Proverbs 10:15 ). Doing his simple duty, a good man is safe; for, as St. Peter says, "Who is he... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:29
The way of the Lord is strength - In the path of obedience the upright man ever finds his strength renewed; the more he labors the stronger he grows. The same sentiment as that in Isaiah 40:31 . read more