“ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.c ”
In Proverbs 10:8 the relation between the two clauses was one of contrast, here of resemblance. Cunning, reticence, and deceit ( Proverbs 6:12 note) bring sorrow no less than garrulity.
He that (e) winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a (f) prating fool shall fall. (e) That bears a fair countenance and imagines mischief in his heart, as in ( Proverbs 6:13 ). (f) For the corrup...
Proverbs 10:2 ( cf. Psalms 3:7 ). righteousness: the growth of the conception of righteousness is an important subject. As in the Pss., there is a specific class the righteous opposed to the...
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. He that winketh with the eye - Instead of the latter clause, on which see Proverbs 10:8 , the Septuagint has, ὁ δε ελεγχω...
But a prating fool shall fall— We have remarked in a former note, that these proverbs consist of hemistichs, the second of which, an ingenious writer observes, farther strengthens and illustrates t...
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow. "Winketh-namely, with malicious intent ( Proverbs 6:13 , note). Feigni...
Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or expla...
Causeth sorrow to the person who is the butt of his ridicule, or against whom his malice is directed.
CHAPTER 11 WEALTH "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2 "O'er weening statesmen have full long relied On fleets and armies and exter...
the Righteous and the Wicked Proverbs 10:1-16 Wealth has its advantages, which are more than apparent. The rich man's wealth is his strong city , Proverbs 10:15 ; but the treasures which have...
Here begin the proverbs proper. In this collection they are antithetical, They present a sharp contrast between wisdom and folly in the outworking of such in practical life. Seeing that this is indee...
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. Bles...
He that winketh with the eye ,.... The Syriac and Arabic versions add, "with fraud". A descriptive character of a wicked man, Proverbs 6:13 ; who so does, either to draw and allure persons to go al...
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. Ver. 10. He that winketh with the eye. ] That is, Loath to stand to those truths that shall bring him to suffering. Or,...
He that winketh with his eye That secretly and cunningly designs mischiefs against others: see on Proverbs 6:13 : causeth sorrow To others, and afterward to himself; but Or, and , as it is i...
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. Mischief is here said to attend, 1. Politic, designing, self-disguising sinners: He that winks with th...
That winketh with the eye; that secretly and cunningly designs mischiefs against others, as this phrase is used, Psalms 35:19 Proverbs 6:13 . Causeth sorrow to others, and afterwards to hims...
The Proverbs Of Solomon ( Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 22:16 ). The proverbs in this section are now introduced by the brief subheading ‘The Proverbs Of Solomon'. Contrast ‘The sayings of Solomon,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 10:9 . Be known , i.e. , “be made known,” or, discovered. Proverbs 10:11 . For second clause, see on Proverbs 10:6 . MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH— Proverbs 1...
Proverbs 10:1 . The Proverbs of Solomon. The nine preseding Chapter s may be regarded as a vestibule to the temple. Wisdom has been personified, and folly thrown into the darker shades. We have ha...
EXPOSITION Verse 1-22:16 Part III . FIRST GREAT COLLECTION (375) OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS . Verse 1-12:28 First section. The sections are noted by their commencing usually with t...
v. 10. He that winketh with the eye, as a malicious and mocking sign to his confederates to watch him or to join him in some act of insult, causeth sorrow, injury and grief; but a prating fool s...
3 John 1:10 ; Job 15:12 ; Proverbs 6:13 ; Proverbs 10:8 ; Proverbs 18:21 ; Proverbs 18:6 ; Proverbs 18:7 ; Psalms 35:19
Winketh — That secretly designs mischief against others, as this phrase is used, Psalms 35:19 .