Proverbs 10:1

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 10:1

Solomon, speaking to us as unto children, observes here how much the comfort of parents, natural, political, and ecclesiastical, depends upon the good behaviour of those under their charge, as a reason, 1. Why parents should be careful to give their children a good education, and to train them up in the ways of religion, which, if it obtain the desired effect, they themselves will have the comfort of it, or, if not, they will have for their support under their heaviness that they have done... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon ,.... This title is repeated from Proverbs 1:1 ; and very properly stands here; since here begin those pithy sentences of Solomon, which bear the name of proverbs; the preceding chapters being a sort of preface or introduction to them; in which Solomon recommends the study of wisdom, shows the profit and advantage of it, gives directions about it, and prepares for the reception of those wise sayings that follow; which are for the most part independent of each other,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon - Some ancient MSS. of the Vulgate have Proverbiorum liber secundus , "The second book of the Proverbs." The preceding nine chapters can only be considered as an introduction, if indeed they may be said to make even a part, of the proverbs of Solomon, which appear to commence only at the tenth chapter. A wise son maketh a glad father - The parallels in this and several of the succeeding chapters are those which Bishop Lowth calls the antithetic; when two lines... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. This is the title of the new part of the book; it is omitted in the Septuagint. There is some kind of loose connection in the grouping of these proverbs, but it is difficult to follow. "Ordo frustra quaeritur ubi nullus fuit observatus," says Mart. Geier. Wordsworth considers the present chapter to contain exemplifications of the principles and results of the two ways of life displayed in the preceding nine chapters. The antithetical character of the sentences is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:1

The influence of a son over his parents' happiness It is impossible to estimate the tremendous influence which children have on the happiness of their parents. The unfortunate thing about it is that the children are the last to realize it. It may be that a misplaced modesty inclines them to imagine that their course in life cannot be of much consequence to any one. In many cases, unhappily, gross selfishness engenders sheer indifference to the feelings of those who have most claim upon... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:1

We enter upon a mosaic-work of proverbs, which perhaps hardly admit of any one principle of arrangement except that of moral comparison and contrast. This governs the whole. Life is viewed as containing endless oppositions, to which light and darkness correspond in the world of sensuous perception. Early appearance of moral contrast I. THE FAMILY LIFE ELICITS CHARACTER . It is a little world, and from the first provides a sphere of probation and of judgment which is the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:1

Our joy in our children: a sermon to parents We may take it for granted, as commonly understood— I. THAT THE FOUNDATION DUTY AND INTEREST , with us all, is to be in a right relation, personally, with God. Until we are right with God we must be wrong altogether. Then we must contend— II. THAT THE QUESTION OF NEXT VITAL CONSIDERATION is the character of our children, it is conceivable that God might have placed the human world on an entirely different basis... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 10:1

Proverbs 10:1. The Proverbs of Solomon Properly so called; for the foregoing chapters, although they had this title in the beginning of them, yet, in truth, were only a preparation to them, intended to stir up men’s minds to the greater attention to all the precepts of wisdom, whereof some here follow; see the argument prefixed to this chapter. A wise son That is, prudent, and especially virtuous and godly, as this word commonly signifies in this book, and in many other parts of... 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

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