Proverbs 1:32 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. ”

Proverbs 1:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Turning - Wisdom had called the simple to “turn,” and they had turned, but it was “away” from her. For “prosperity” read carelessness. Not outward prosperity, but the temper which it too often pr...
Proverbs 1:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For (a) the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. (a) That is, the prosperity and sensuality in which they delight.
Proverbs 1:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1-9. First Section. The Praise of Wisdom. Proverbs 1:1 . Title, either of the whole book, or of this particular collection. The word for proverb, mâ shâ l, has a wide significance...
Proverbs 1:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

shall slay them. Illustrations: Israel ( Deuteronomy 32:15-25 . Hosea 13:6-8 ; Hosea 13:6-8 ); Babylon ( Isaiah 47:7-9 ); Moab ( Jeremiah 48:11-15 ); Sodom ( Ezekiel 16:49 ); Tyre ( Ezekiel 28:2 ;...
Proverbs 1:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. For the turning away of the simple - This difficult place seems to refer to such a case as we term...
Proverbs 1:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For the turning away of the simple— The simple, the unfeeling: The men who have neglected my instructions, and who have been so void of reason as to deliver themselves up to the example and the...
Proverbs 1:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them. The turning away from the monitions of...
Proverbs 1:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The chapter falls into three principal divisions. 1-6 . Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book, which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man's knowledg...
Proverbs 1:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The turning away of the simple ... — i.e., from God. (Comp. Jeremiah 2:19 .) Prosperity of fools — i.e., the security, apathy of dull, stupid people ( khesîlîm ) , who cannot believe that G...
Proverbs 1:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the Holy One is und...
Proverbs 1:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Call of Wisdom Proverbs 1:20-33 The word Wisdom and the description of her standing atthe head of the noisy streets- see Proverbs 1:21 , r.v., margin-remind us of our Lord, who, as the...
Proverbs 1:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Book of Proverbs is one of the wisdom books of the Hebrew people. Emotionally and fundamentally, wisdom is the fear of God; intellectually, a knowledge of the manifestations of the divine wisdom;...
Proverbs 1:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple...
Proverbs 1:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them ,.... Or be the cause of their being slain; even their turning away from Christ, their aversion to him; their turning their backs on him, and a dea...
Proverbs 1:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. Ver. 32. For the turning away. ] Whereas it might be objected that meanwhile wicked men live at...
Proverbs 1:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For that they hated knowledge Hated the light of divine truth, because it discovered to them the evil of their ways, John 3:20 ; or, hated the practical knowledge of God, and of their duty to him,...
Proverbs 1:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wisdom's Exhortations; Doom of Obdurate Sinners. 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21...
Proverbs 1:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Turning away, to wit, from God, and from his counsels and reproofs; so this is opposed to hearkening unto God , Proverbs 1:33 . Or, as it is rendered in the margin, and by divers others, the e...
Proverbs 1:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Discourse 1. Addressed To ‘My Son'. Those Who Seek To Walk In The Fear Of YHWH Will Listen To The Instruction Of Godly Authority, And Will Avoid The Enticements Of Sinners Motivated By Greed. Wisdom...
Proverbs 1:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 1:20 . The word wisdom is in the plural form in the Hebrew. Proverbs 1:27 . Desolation , or “tempest.” Proverbs 1:28 . To seek early denotes “earnestly.” See...
Proverbs 1:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:1 . Proverbs, apothegms, parables, sentences, similitudes. The proverbs of a nation are the compressions of wisdom into short maxims, which like the coins of a country worn bare by use,...
Proverbs 1:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

The prosperity of fools shall destroy them. Prosperity dangerous to virtue By “fools” are here represented all wicked and vicious persons. The misery of such persons is, that when God gives them...
Proverbs 1:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 1:1-20 Part I. THE TITLE AND SUPERSCRIPTION . The superscription of the Proverbs, which extends from verse 1 to verse 6, furnishes us with an epitome in short...
Proverbs 1:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Invitation of Wisdom
Proverbs 1:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:15-44 ; Hebrews 10:38 ; Hebrews 10:39 ; Hebrews 12:25 ; Hebrews 12:8 ; James 5:5 ; Jeremiah 48:11 ; Jeremiah 48:12 ; John 3:36 ; Luke 12:16-21 ; Luke 16:19-25 ; Proverbs 8:...
Proverbs 1:32 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wisdom's Call Proverbs 1:20-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Where the voice of Wisdom is heard. Wisdom doth not speak alone among the wise. She doth not sound forth her voice alone in cloistered circ...
Proverbs 1:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Turning — From God. Destroy — Shall prove the occasion of their ruin, by making them presumptuous, and secure.

Proverbs 1:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 1:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 1:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 1:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 1:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 1:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 1:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 1:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 1:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 1:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 1:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 1:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 1:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 1:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 1:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 1:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 1:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 1:32 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 1:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes