Proverbs 10:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. ”

Proverbs 10:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The fear - i. e., The thing feared (compare the marginal reference). Shall be granted - Or, He (Yahweh) giveth the desire of the righteous.
Proverbs 10:24 - 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 10:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the righteous . righteous ones. shall be granted. Illustrations: Hannah ( 1 Samuel 1:20 ); Esther ( Proverbs 4:16 ; Proverbs 8:15-17 ); Daniel (Pro 2:16-23); Simeon ( Luke 2:25-30 ).
Proverbs 10:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. The fear of the wicked - The wicked is full of fears and alarms; and all that he has dreaded and more...
Proverbs 10:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The fear of the wicked, &c.— Wicked men frequently draw upon themselves what they feared, by the very means whereby they studied to avoid it; a remarkable example whereof, Bochart observes, we...
Proverbs 10:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be gran...
Proverbs 10:24 - 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 10:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The fear of the wicked — i.e. , that of which he is afraid. (Comp. Isaiah 66:4 ; Hebrews 10:27 .) The desire of the righteous shall be granted. — For they submit their will to the will of God...
Proverbs 10:24 - 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 10:24 - 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 10:24 - 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 10:24 - 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 10:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him ,.... What he dreads in his own mind will be his unhappy case, sooner or later it comes upon him; his fear of distresses, calamities, and judgments in...
Proverbs 10:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. Ver. 24. The fear of the wicked shall come upon him. ] "A sound of fear is in his ears: in prosper...
Proverbs 10:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The fear of the wicked The evil which he feared, or hath cause to fear; it shall come upon him Notwithstanding his cunning contrivances, and various efforts to prevent it. Indeed “wicked men freq...
Proverbs 10:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an eve...
Proverbs 10:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The fear; the evils which he feareth, or hath cause to fear, as fear is oft taken. Shall be granted; God will not only prevent the mischiefs which they fear, but grant them the good things which...
Proverbs 10:24 - 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 10:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 10:24 THE INHERITANCE OF FEAR AND DESIRE These words treat of things desired and of things not desired coming to be possessed. I. Ungodly men have fears concerning...
Proverbs 10:24 - 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 10:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. A contrast Scripture is a book full of the strongest contrasts. As in the work of an eminent pa...
Proverbs 10:24 - 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 10:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 24. The fear of the wicked, that which he dreads, it shall come upon him, Cf Isaiah 56:4 ; Job 3:25 ; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted, the good things for which they longe...
Proverbs 10:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:14 ; 1 John 5:15 ; Hebrews 10:27 ; Job 15:21 ; Job 3:25 ; John 14:18 ; John 16:24 ; Matthew 5:6 ; Psalms 145:19 ; Psalms 21:2 ; Psalms 37:4

Proverbs 10:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 10:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 10:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 10:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 10:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 10:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 10:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 10:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 10:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 10:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 10:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 10:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 10:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 10:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge