From this chapter to the twenty-fifth are various observations of moral virtues and their contrary vices.
1THE aproverbs of Solomon. A bwise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
a ch. 1.1. b ch. 15.20; 17.21,25; 19.13; 23.15,16,24,25; 29.3,15. Phi. 3.18.
2cTreasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
c ch. 11.4. Ps. 49.6-9. Lu. 12.19-21. Ro. 5.21. Da. 4.27. Phi. 3.9.
3The dLORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away 1the substance of the wicked.
1Or, the wicked for their wickedness.
d Job 5.20. Ps. 10.14; 37.25; 33.19; 34.9,10. Job 18; 20.
4He ebecometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
e ch. 11.24; 12.24; 19.15; 13.4; 21.5. v.22. 1Co. 15.58. Mat. 7.7. ch. 3.14; 8.19.
5He fthat gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
f ch. 6.8; 17.2; 19.26; 24.33,34.
6gBlessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
g Ps. 32.1; 1.1; 107.42. v.7,11. Es. 7.8.
7The hmemory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
h 1Ki. 11.36. Ps. 112.6; 9.5,6; 49.11. Lu. 1.48. Ec. 8.10.
8The iwise in heart will receive commandments: but 2a *prating fool 3shall fall.
2Heb. a fool of lips.
*prating-chattering, babbling.
3Or, shall be beaten.
i Ps. 119.34. v.10,14,19. ch. 13.3; 17.27,28; 18.6; 29.11,20.
9He jthat walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
j Is. 33.15,16. 2Co. 11.12. Ps. 23.4. ch. 28.18. 1Ti. 5.24. 2Ti. 3.9.
10He kthat winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a *prating fool shall 4fall.
*prating-chattering, babbling.
4Heb. be beaten.
k Job 15.12. Ps. 35.19. ch. 6.13. v.8.
11The lmouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
l ch. 13.14; 14.27; 16.22; 18.4. Ps. 37.30,31; 140.9,11; 64.3,8. v.6.
12mHatred stirreth up strifes: but nlove covereth all sins.
m Ja. 4.1. ch. 29.22. n 1Co. 13.4-7. 1Pe. 4.8. Ja. 5.20. ch. 17.9.
13In othe lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of 5understanding.
5Heb. heart.
o Lu. 4.22. Is. 50.4. ch. 26.3. Mi. 6.9. Ps. 37.30.
14pWise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
p ch. 9.9; 13.3; 18.7. Mat. 13.44,52; 12.35.
15The qrich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
q Job 31.24. ch. 18.11; 14.20; 19.4,7. Ec. 7.12; 10.19. Ps. 52.7. 1Ti. 6.17.
16The rlabour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
r ch. 11.30. Is. 3.10. Jn. 6.27. Mat. 7.17,18; 15.19.
17sHe is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: tbut he that refuseth reproof 6erreth.
6Or, causeth to err.
s 2Pe. 1.5-11. ch. 3.2,8,21,22; 4.4; 5.12; 6.23; 12.1; 15.10; 9.7,8. t ch. 1.25,30.
18He uthat hideth hatred with lying lips, and vhe that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
u ch. 26.23-26. Ps. 12.2; 55.21; 52.3; 50.20; 5.9. v Ps. 15.3.
19In wthe multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
w Ec. 5.2,3. ch. 17.27,28. Ja. 3.2; 1.19.
20The xtongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
x Mat. 12.33,34; 15.19. Ro. 8.8. Je. 17.9. Ep. 2.1-3. Tit. 3.3.
21The ylips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want 7of wisdom.
7Heb. of heart.
y Ps. 37.30. ch. 15.4; 12.18; 5.23. Job 5.21. Ro. 6.23. Ho. 4.6.
22The zblessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
z Ge. 24.35; 26.12; 13.2. Ps. 37.22; 107.38. De. 8.18. Mat. 6.33. 1Ti. 4.8; 6.9,10. 2Ki. 5.27. Ec. 5.12,13,18; 6.2.
23It is aas sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
a ch. 2.14; 14.9; 15.21; 26.18,19. Ps. 52.7. Ro. 1.32.
24The bfear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but cthe desire of the righteous shall be granted.
b He. 10.27. ch. 14.32. Job 15.21. c Ps. 145.19. Is. 45.11. Mat. 5.6; 7.7,11. 1Jn. 5.14,15. Jn. 14.13; 16.24.
25As dthe whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more : ebut the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
d Ps. 73.18-20; 37.9,10,36; 58.9. e v.30. ch. 12.3. Ps. 15.5; 125.1,2. Mat. 7.24,25.
26As fvinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the *sluggard to them that send him.
*sluggard-habitually idle or lazy person.
f Mat. 25.26. He. 5.11.
27The gfear of the LORD 8prolongeth days: but hthe years of the wicked shall be shortened.
8Heb. addeth.
g ch. 3.2,18,22; 9.11. Ps. 34.11-14; 91.16. h Ec. 7.17. Job 15.32,33; 22.16. Ps. 55.23.
28The ihope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the jexpectation of the wicked shall perish.
i Ps. 9.18. Ro. 5.4,5. 1Jn. 3.2,3. j Job 8.13; 11.20. Ps. 112.10. ch. 11.7; 14.32.
29The kway of the LORD is strength to the upright: lbut destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
k Zec. 10.12. Phi. 4.13. Is. 40.31. Ps. 1.6. l Ps. 9.17; 73.27; 1.5. Is. 3.11. Ro. 2.8,9.
30The mrighteous shall never be removed: but nthe wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
m Ps. 37.22,29; 125.1; 15.5. Mat. 16.18. n Ps. 37.9,10,36; 52.5; 112.10. ch. 2.21,22.
31The omouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: pbut the *froward tongue shall be cut out.
*froward-perverse, contrary, self-willed.
o v.20,21. Ps. 37.30. Ca. 4.11. p Ps. 31.18; 63.11; 5.9; 52.3-5.
32The qlips of the righteous know what is acceptable: rbut the mouth of the wicked speak eth 9*frowardness.
9Heb. frowardnesses.
*frowardness-perverseness, contrariness.
q v.13,14. Ec. 12.9-11. Tit. 2.8. r ch. 11.11; 12.6,18.