Proverbs 19:13-17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:13

It is an instance of the vanity of the world that we are liable to the greatest grief in those things wherein we promise ourselves the greatest comfort. It is as it proves. What greater temporal comfort can a man have than a good wife and good children? Yet, 1. A foolish son is a great affliction, and may make a man wish a thousand times he had been written childless. A son that will apply himself to no study or business, that will take no advice, that lives a lewd, loose, rakish life, and... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:14

Note, 1. A discreet and virtuous wife is a choice gift of God's providence to a man?a wife that is prudent, in opposition to one that is contentious, Prov. 18:13. For, though a wife that is continually finding fault may think it is her wit and wisdom to be so, it is really her folly; a prudent wife is meek and quiet, and makes the best of every thing. If a man has such a wife, let him not ascribe it to the wisdom of his own choice or his own management (for the wisest have been deceived both... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:15

See here the evil of a sluggish slothful disposition. 1. It stupefies men, and makes them senseless, and mindless of their own affairs, as they were cast into a deep sleep, dreaming much, but doing nothing. Slothful people doze away their time, bury their talents, live a useless life, and are the unprofitable burdens of the earth; for any service they do when they are awake they might as well be always asleep. Even their souls are idle and lulled asleep, their rational powers chilled and... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:16

Here is, 1. The happiness of those that walk circumspectly. Those that make conscience of keeping the commandment in every thing, that live by rule, as becomes servants and patients, keep their own souls; they secure their present peace and future bliss, and provide every way well for themselves. If we keep God's word, God's word will keep us from every thing really hurtful. 2. The misery of those that live at large and never mind what they do: Those that despair their ways shall die, shall... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:17

Here is, I. The duty of charity described. It includes two things:?1. Compassion, which is the inward principle of charity in the heart; it is to have pity on the poor. Those that have not a penny for the poor, yet may have pity for them, a charitable concern and sympathy; and, if a man give all his goods to feed the poor and have not this charity in his heart, it is nothing, 1 Cor. 13:3. We must draw out our souls to the hungry, Isa. 58:10. 2. Bounty and liberality. We must not only pity the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is the calamity of his father ,.... Or, "the calamities of his father" F17 הוות "calamitates", Vatablus; "aerumnae", Piscator, Michaelis; "causa aerumnarum", Junius & Tremellius. ; he brings them to him. A very great affliction he is, and which has many distresses and sorrows in it; as loss of reputation and credit in his family, which is sunk by his behaviour, instead of being supported and increased; loss of substance, through extravagance and riotous living,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:14

Houses and riches are the inheritance of fathers ,.... Which they are careful to provide and leave to their children. This they may and often do, build or purchase houses, and procure great riches, and put their children into the possession of them; and , or but, a prudent wife is from the Lord ; one that behaves well to her husband, massages the affairs of her house with wisdom, and brings up her children in all orderly manner: such a wife no man has from the care and provision... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep ,.... Slothful persons are generally sleepy, and are very desirous of sleep, and indulge themselves in it; they spend their time, day and night, in sleep and drowsiness; and are quite careless and unconcerned about either their temporal or eternal good; see Proverbs 6:9 ; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger ; and perish with it, both in a temporal and spiritual sense: an idle person, that will not work, ought not to eat; and an idle soul, or one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:16

He that keepeth the commandment ,.... Either of parents, as children ought to do; or of masters, as servants should; or of kings and princes, as is the duty of subjects in all things lawful: or rather of God; every command of his, whether of a moral or positive nature, which, though they cannot be perfectly kept, yet should as much as in man lies, in faith, from a principle of love, and to the glory of God: and such a man keepeth his own soul , or "observes" F19 שמר "observat". ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:17

He that hath pity unto the poor lendeth unto the Lord ,.... A man, whose heart is full of compassion to the poor, and whose hands distribute to their necessities, from a true principle of love and charity to men, and with a view to the glory of God, and not from any selfish principle and with a end; such a man's gift to the poor is a loan to the Lord; it is not cast away upon the creature, but is a "depositum" in the hands of God, and shall be returned with advantage; and that which he... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:17

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