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Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:6
Here is, 1. The head of the just crowned with blessings, with the blessings both of God and man. Variety of blessings, abundance of blessings, shall descend from above, and visibly abide on the head of good men, real bl…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:7
Both the just and the wicked, when their days are fulfilled, must die. Between their bodies in the grave thee is no visible difference; between the souls of the one and the other, in the world of spirits, thee is a vast…
Marks of Wisdom and of Folly
MARKS OF WISDOM AND OF FOLLY. Here is, 1. The honour and happiness of the obedient. They will receive commandments; they will take it as a privilege, and really an ease to them, to be under government, which saves them…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:9
We are here told, and we may depend upon it, 1. That men's integrity will be their security: He that walks uprightly towards God and man, that is faithful to both, that designs as he ought and means as he says, walks su…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:10
Mischief is here said to attend, 1. Politic, designing, self-disguising sinners: He that winks with the eye, as if he took no notice of you, when at the same time he is watching an opportunity to do you an ill turn, tha…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:11
See here, 1. How industrious a good man is, by communicating his goodness, to do good with it: His mouth, the outlet of his mind, is a well of life; it is a constant spring, whence issues good discourse for the edificat…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:12
Here is, 1. The great mischief-maker, and that is malice. Even where there is no manifest occasion of strife, yet hatred seeks occasion and so stirs it up and does the devil's work. Those are the most spiteful ill-natur…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:13
Observe, 1. Wisdom and grace are the honour of good men: He that has understanding, that good understanding which those have that do the commandments, wisdom is found in his lips, that is, it is discovered to be there,…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:14
Observe, 1. It is the wisdom of the wise that they treasure up a stock of useful knowledge, which will be their preservation: Wisdom is therefore found in their lips (Proverbs 10:13), because it is laid up in their hear…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:15
This may be taken two ways:—1. As a reason why we should be diligent in our business, that we may avoid that sinking dispiriting uneasiness which attends poverty, and may enjoy the benefit and comfort which those have t…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:16
Solomon here confirms what his father had said (Psalm 37:16), A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked. 1. Perhaps a righteous man has no more than what he works hard for; he eats only…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:17
See here, 1. That those are in the right that do not only receive instruction, but retain it, that do not let it slip through carelessness, as most do, nor let it go to those that would rob them of it, that keep instruc…
The Proper of the Use of the Tongue
THE PROPER OF THE USE OF THE TONGUE. Observe here, Malice is folly and wickedness. 1. It is so when it is concealed by flattery and dissimulation: He is a fool, though he may think himself a politician, that hides hatre…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:19
We are here admonished concerning the government of the tongue, that necessary duty of a Christian. 1. It is good to say little, because in the multitude of words there wanteth not sin, or sin doth not cease. Usually, t…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:20-21
We are here taught how to value men, not by their wealth and preferment in the world, but by their virtue. I. Good men are good for something. Though they may be poor and low in the world, and may not have power and ric…
The Advantages of the Righteous
THE ADVANTAGES OF THE RIGHTEOUS. Worldly wealth is that which most men have their hearts very much upon, but they generally mistake both in the nature of the thing they desire and in the way by which they hope to obtain…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:23
Here is, 1. Sin exceedingly sinful: It is as laughter to a fool to do mischief; it is as natural to him, and as pleasant, as it is to a man to laugh. Wickedness is his Isaac (that is the word here); it is his delight, h…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:24-25
It is here said, and said again, to the righteous, that it shall be well with them, and to the wicked, Woe to them; and these are set the one over against the other, for their mutual illustration. I. It shall be as ill…
The Righteous Exclusively Happy
THE RIGHTEOUS EXCLUSIVELY HAPPY. Observe, 1. Those that are of a slothful disposition, that love their ease and cannot apply their minds to any business, are not fit to be employed, no, not so much as to be sent on an e…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:27-28
Observe, 1. Religion lengthens men's lives and crowns their hopes. What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure him from many things that would prejudice his life, and secure to him life enough…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:29-30
These two verses are to the same purport with those next before, intimating the happiness of the godly and the misery of the wicked; it is necessary that this be inculcated upon us, so loth are we to believe and conside…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:31-32
Here, as before, men are judged of, and, accordingly, are justified or condemned, by their words, Matthew 12:37. 1. It is both the proof and the praise of a man's wisdom and goodness that he speaks wisely and well. A go…
Weighty Sayings
WEIGHTY SAYINGS. As religion towards God is a branch of universal righteousness (he is not an honest man that is not devout), so righteousness towards men is a branch of true religion, for he is not a godly man that is…
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:2
Observe, 1. How he that exalts himself is here abased, and contempt put upon him. When pride comes then comes shame. Pride is a sin which men have reason to be themselves ashamed of; it is a shame to a man who springs o…