Proverbs 10:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. ”

Proverbs 10:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There wanteth not sin - Some render this, “Sin shall not cease,” etc., i. e., many words do not mend a fault. Silence on the part both of the reprover and the offender is often better. The King J...
Proverbs 10:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Proverbs 10:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wanteth not sin . lacketh not sin. Illustrations: Job (Pro 32:2. Pro 34:5, Pro 34:12. Pro 35:16. Pro 42:3); Job's friends (Pro 32:3. Pro 42:7, Pro 42:8); the widows ( 1 Timothy 5:13 ). Of the "Twelv...
Proverbs 10:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. In the multitude of words - It is impossible to speak much, and yet speak nothing but truth; and injure no...
Proverbs 10:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. "Refraineth...
Proverbs 10:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Proverbs 10:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin, for they are sure to fail in truthfulness, or charity, or opportuneness, and will come under the condemnation of Matthew 12:36 , as being the outco...
Proverbs 10:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Proverbs 10:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Blessing of the Lord Maketh Rich Proverbs 10:17-32 Let us specially avoid talking too much. Silence is golden. See Proverbs 10:19 . Yet the tongue of the just is as choice silver and the...
Proverbs 10:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Proverbs 10:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. He that hideth hatred with lying l...
Proverbs 10:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin ,.... Where a great deal is said, without care and forethought, there will not only be many weak things uttered, but much falsehood, and at least many...
Proverbs 10:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise. Ver. 19. In the multitude of words. ] In multiloquio stultiloquium. Many words are hardly well managed...
Proverbs 10:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. We are here admonished concerning the government of the tongue, that necessary duty of...
Proverbs 10:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Men that love and commonly use much talking, do frequently run into many miscarriages, because such persons, for the most part, want wisdom to order their words aright, Ecclesiastes 5:3 , and spea...
Proverbs 10:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Collection Of Solomon's Proverbs ( Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 29:27 ). Solomon's presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern of much Wisdom literature. This commenced with the...
Proverbs 10:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 10:19-21 SPEECH AND SILENCE I. The wisdom of not always using the tongue when we might . “He that refraineth his lips is wise.” The reputation of a...
Proverbs 10:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Proverbs 10:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin The sin of gab Carlyle says, “There is a great necessity indeed of getting a little more silent than we are. It seems to me that the finest nat...
Proverbs 10:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Proverbs 10:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 19. In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin, that is, one given to excessive talking on any and every subject will easily become guilty of transgression; but he that refraineth his lips...
Proverbs 10:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 10:13 ; Ecclesiastes 10:14 ; Ecclesiastes 5:3 ; James 1:19 ; James 3:2 ; Proverbs 17:27 ; Proverbs 17:28 ; Psalms 39:1

Proverbs 10:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 10:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 10:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 10:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 10:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 10:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 10:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 10:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 10:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 10:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 10:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 10:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 10:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge