Proverbs 10:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. ”

Proverbs 10:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The teeth set on edge by the sour wine used by peasants Ruth 2:14 ; Psalms 69:21 , the eye irritated by wood-smoke, these shadow the annoyance of having a messenger who will loiter on the way.
Proverbs 10:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that (l) send him. (l) He is trouble and grief to him about any business.
Proverbs 10:26 - 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 10:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

smoke. In Eastern tents and houses, wood or charcoal fires, and no chimneys.
Proverbs 10:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. As vinegar to the teeth - The acid softening and dissolving the alkali of the bone, so as to impair thei...
Proverbs 10:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

As vinegar to the teeth— "A negligent dilatory servant vexes and rives, as it were, with trouble those who send him; just as keen vinegar gives pain to the teeth, and bitter smoke vexes and torment...
Proverbs 10:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. As vinegar (is hurtful) to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so (is) the sluggard (hurtful) to...
Proverbs 10:26 - 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 10:26 - 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 10:26 - 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 10:26 - 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 10:26 - 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 10:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

As vinegar to the teeth ,.... Which, with its coldness and sourness, blunts the teeth, and makes it troublesome to eat: the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it, "as the sour grape is...
Proverbs 10:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him. Ver. 26. So is the sluggard to them that send him. ] Habent aulae suum cito, cito. What thou doest,...
Proverbs 10:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As vinegar to the teeth Which, by its coldness and sharpness, it offends; and as smoke, &c., so is the sluggard Unserviceable and vexatious. “A negligent, dilatory servant vexes those who sen...
Proverbs 10:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Righteous Exclusively Happy. 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them tha...
Proverbs 10:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As vinegar to the teeth; Which by its cold and sharpness it offends. So is the sluggard; unserviceable and vexatious.
Proverbs 10:26 - 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 10:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 10:26 THE VEXATIOUSNESS OF A SLUGGISH SERVANT I. He is as smoke to the eyes . Smoke in the eyes prevents the accomplishment of a man’s purposes, or at least it hind...
Proverbs 10:26 - 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 10:26 - 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 10:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 26. As vinegar to the teeth, affecting the enamel and tending to make the teeth feel dull, and as smoke to the eyes, affecting the sensitive membranes and interfering with sight, so is the sl...
Proverbs 10:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 6:12 ; Isaiah 65:5 ; Matthew 25:26 ; Proverbs 25:13 ; Proverbs 25:20 ; Romans 12:11
Proverbs 10:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So — Unserviceable and vexatious.

Proverbs 10:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 10:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 10:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 10:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 10:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 10:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 10:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 10:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 10:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 10:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 10:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 10:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 10:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 10:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 10:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes