Proverbs 19:19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:19

1. As we read this, it intimates, in short, that angry men never want woe. Those that are of strong, or rather headstrong, passions, commonly bring themselves and their families into trouble by vexatious suits and quarrels and the provocations they give; they are still smarting, in one instance or other, for their ungoverned heats; and, if their friends deliver them out of one trouble, they will quickly involve themselves in another, and they must do it again, all which troubles to themselves... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment ,.... Either a child that is of a wrathful disposition, and provokes his parent to wrath; or a parent that chastises his child in wrath; each shall suffer for it; or any man that gives way to wrath and anger and is continually quarrelling, he involves himself in trouble; and is punished, as his offence requires, according to law, either in his person or estate; for if thou deliver him , yet thou must do it again ; if he is got out of one... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath - He who is of an irritable, fiery disposition, will necessarily get himself into many broils; and he that is surety for him once is likely to be called on again and again for the same friendly office. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:18-21

The true prudence I. IN THE PARENTAL RELATION . ( Proverbs 19:18 .) 1 . The necessity of discipline. The exuberance of youth needs the hand of the pruner; the wildness of the colt must be early tamed, or never. Weak indulgence is the worst unkindness to children. 2 . The unwisdom of excessive severity. Cruelty is not discipline; too great sharpness is as bed as the other extreme. Children are thus made base, induced to take up with bad company, and to surfeit and run... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:19

Some connect this verse with the preceding, as though it signified, "If you are too severe in chastising your son, you will suffer for it." But there is no connecting particle in the Hebrew, and the statement seems to be of a general nature. A man of great wrath; literally, rough in anger ; Vulgate, impatiens ; Septuagint, κακόφρων ἀνήρ . Such a one shall suffer punishment; shall bear the penalty which his want of self-control brings upon him. For if thou deliver him, yet... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 19:19

Proverbs 19:19. A man of great wrath Or, he who is of great wrath, that is, of strong passions; who is of a fierce and furious temper; shall suffer punishment Will certainly bring great mischiefs upon himself; for if thou deliver him If any parent, relation, or friend deliver him out of one trouble, through his ungovernable temper he will soon involve himself in another; and thou must do it again Thou wilt soon find it necessary to interpose for his deliverance a second, third, or... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:1-29

Lessons heeded and ignored (19:1-29)Moral uprightness is more important than wealth, and wise action is more important than hasty action. People are foolish when they blame God for the trouble they bring upon themselves through their own mistakes (19:1-3).Often the reason the rich have many friends is that these ‘friends’ hope to gain personally from their wealth or influence (4-6). The poor lose their friends, though in a sense they are rich if they maintain their understanding (7-8). People... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath = one in a rage (compare Daniel 11:44 . Compare 2 Kings 22:13 ). shall suffer = suffereth. suffer punishment = incurreth a penalty. Hebrew. 'onesh = a fine, or indemnity. (Oxford Gesenius). thou deliver = thou rescue him [by paying the penalty] thou must do it continually. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 19:19

"A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.""The sense of this proverb seems to be that the connection between unseemly anger and punishment is so invariable that any effort to save such a man from the disastrous consequences, which he brings upon himself by his anger, would do little good; because it wouldn't be long till he would again need deliverance."[15] read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 19:19

19. Repeated efforts of kindness are lost on ill-natured persons. read more

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