Proverbs 10:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. ”

Proverbs 10:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Slack - The word is elsewhere translated as “deceitful” Job 13:7 ; Psalms 120:2-3 ; Hosea 7:16 ; Jeremiah 48:10 . The two thoughts run easily into each other.
Proverbs 10:4 - 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 10:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

poor . needy. Hebrew. rush. See note on Proverbs 6:11 , slack . deceitful. Asm Proverbs 12:24 . Psalms 52:2 ; Psalms 120:2 ; Hosea 7:16 .
Proverbs 10:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 774 EFFECTS OF SLOTH AND DILIGENCE COMPARED Proverbs 10:4 . He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich . IT is certainly true, that men...
Proverbs 10:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He becometh poor - God has ordered, in the course of his providence, that he who will not work shall not e...
Proverbs 10:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. "Dealeth"...
Proverbs 10:4 - 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 10:4 - 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 10:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Proverbs 10:4 - 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 10:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Proverbs 10:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand ,.... That is either remiss in giving to the necessities of others, according to his abilities, and as cases require; or that is negligent and sloth...
Proverbs 10:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. Ver. 4. He becometh poor. ] Lest any should say, If God do all, we need do the less. Doing you must be,...
Proverbs 10:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He becometh poor Probably by slow degrees; that dealeth with a slack hand Who is negligent and slothful in his business. Hebrew, כ Š רמיה, with a deceitful hand , so called, partly because it se...
Proverbs 10:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. We are here told, 1. Who those are who, though rich, are in a fair way to become poor...
Proverbs 10:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

With a slack hand; negligently and slothfully, as appears from the diligence opposed to it in the next branch, and from the use of this word in this sense, Proverbs 12:24,27 Proverbs 19:15 Je...
Proverbs 10:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Subheading. Proverbs 10:1 ‘The Proverbs of Solomon.' Here we have the heading for this subsection. It is brief and to the point, for Solomon has already been more fully described in Proverbs...
Proverbs 10:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 10:3 . The soul of the righteous , literally, “the spirit of the righteous.” But He casteth away, etc . Zöckler and Delitzsch here read, “but the craving of the wicked H...
Proverbs 10:4 - 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 10:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

The hand of the diligent maketh rich. Diligent Our life is dependent on our industry. It is good for man that he should have to labour. Were God to do all, We should truly leave Him to do it, n...
Proverbs 10:4 - 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 10:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 4. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand, doing his work with an idle hand, too lazy to exert himself; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich, under the blessing of God prosperity...
Proverbs 10:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:58 ; 2 Peter 1:5-10 ; Ecclesiastes 10:18 ; Hebrews 6:11 ; Hebrews 6:12 ; John 6:27 ; Proverbs 11:24 ; Proverbs 12:24 ; Proverbs 13:4 ; Proverbs 19:15 ; Proverbs 19:24 ; P...

Proverbs 10:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 10:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 10:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 10:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 10:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 10:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 10:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 10:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 10:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 10:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 10:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 10:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 10:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 10:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge