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Matthew Henry

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

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

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

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 12:24

Proverbs 12:24. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule Industry is the way to preferment. An instance of which we have 1 Kings 11:28, where we learn that Solomon advanced Jeroboam because he saw he was an industrious young man. Men that take pains in an honest employment, and especially those that labour to be useful to others, will thereby gain such an interest and reputation, as will give them a superiority over all about them. Thus many have risen strangely; and he that has been ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 12:1-28

Honest speech and honest work (12:1-28)There are further proverbs on attitudes towards criticism (12:1-2; see notes on 9:7-9), the stability of the righteous (3) and the value of a good wife (4). The righteous, besides having good principles, have the courage to speak up at risk to themselves in order to save others (5-7).If people live humbly and in keeping with their financial capacity, they may not achieve high social status, but at least they will remain free of debt. They are wiser than... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 12:24

"The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork."The mention of taskwork here reminds us that, "Forced labor was Solomon's own inglorious introduction in Israel."[34] We might add that it was also the sin that divided the kingdom and disrupted the reign of Rehoboam, Solomon's son. read more

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