Proverbs 10:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. ”

Proverbs 10:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bringeth forth ... - As a tree full of life and sap brings forth its fruit. So the “froward tongue” is like a tree that brings forth evil and not good fruit; it “shall be cut down.” The abuse of...
Proverbs 10:31 - 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 10:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

just . righteous, as in verses: Proverbs 10:30 ; Proverbs 10:32 . bringeth forth: i.e. as. plant. froward. See note on Proverbs 2:12 . cut out . cut off as unproductive.
Proverbs 10:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. The froward tongue shall be cut out - This probably alludes to the punishment of cutting out the tongue for blasp...
Proverbs 10:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. The mouth of the just bringeth forth, [as fruit produced from a good tree, yaanuwb ( H5107 ); Psal...
Proverbs 10:31 - 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 10:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bringeth forth wisdom. — As the fields their “increase” ( Deuteronomy 32:13 ); hence words are termed the “fruit of the lips” ( Isaiah 57:19 ). The froward tongue. — See above on Proverbs 2:12...
Proverbs 10:31 - 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 10:31 - 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 10:31 - 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 10:31 - 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 10:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom ,.... As the earth brings forth its increase, and a tree brings forth its fruit; hence speech is called the fruit of the lips; wisdom is good fruit; a goo...
Proverbs 10:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. Ver. 31. The mouth of the just, &c. ] Heb., Buddeth forth, as a fruit tree, to which the tongue is fitly a...
Proverbs 10:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom It freely, abundantly, and constantly brings forth wise counsels, as the earth or a tree brings forth its proper fruit, as the word ינוב, here used, prop...
Proverbs 10:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. 32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh froward...
Proverbs 10:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bringeth forth, freely, and abundantly, and constantly, as the earth or a tree bring forth their proper fruit, as the word properly signifies. Wisdom; wise counsels, by which he directeth and sec...
Proverbs 10:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 10:31 . Cut out , “rooted out.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 10:30 THE EARTH THE POSSESSION OF THE RIGHTEOUS I. From their relation to God it is theirs now . The e...
Proverbs 10:31 - 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 10:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom. Piety a peculiar ornament to the aged I. Who may properly be called old people? Old and young are relative terms, and admit of different significati...
Proverbs 10:31 - 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 10:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 31. The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom, that being the fruit of his lips, the outgrowth of the faith of his heart; but the froward tongue, that given to malice and deceit, shall be c...
Proverbs 10:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 10:11 ; Proverbs 10:13 ; Proverbs 10:20 ; Proverbs 10:21 ; Psalms 120:3 ; Psalms 120:4 ; Psalms 31:18 ; Psalms 37:30 ; Psalms 63:11

Proverbs 10:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 10:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 10:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 10:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 10:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 10:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 10:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 10:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 10:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 10:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 10:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 10:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 10:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge