Proverbs 10:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. ”

• Proverbs 10:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Covereth ... - The meaning is perhaps, the violence which the wicked has done is as a bandage over his mouth, reducing him to a silence and shame, like that of the leper Leviticus 13:45 ; Micah...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of (c) the wicked. (c) When their wickedness is discovered, they will be as dumb and not know what to say.

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• Proverbs 10:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Blessings: not simply good things, but good things bestowed by another. head. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for the whole person. the just . a just one. violence, &a...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Violence covereth the mouth of the wicked - As blessings shall be on the head of the just, so the violence of...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked— But his own cruel violence shall cover the mouth of the wicked. That is, "The curses, imprecations, and other violence which the wicked vomit forth,...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked - (cf. Proverbs...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. — Curses and deeds of violence have proceeded from his mouth, but God frustrates them, they “return unto him void” ( Isaiah 55:11 ), and, as it were, stop...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Blessings [are] upon the head of the just ,.... That seeks for righteousness, not by the works of the law, but by faith; that lives by faith upon the righteousness of Christ, and is justified by it,...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Ver. 6. Blessings are upon the head. ] Plentifully and conspicuously; they shall abound with blessings. Pr...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Blessings are upon the head of the just All sorts of blessings are wished to them by men, and conferred upon them by God. But violence Either, 1st, The fruit or punishment of their own violence:...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.       Here is, 1. The head of the just crowned with blessings, with the blessings both of Go...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Blessings are upon the head of the just; all sorts of blessings are wished to them by men, and conferred upon them by God. He saith, upon their head , either to show that these blessings come fr...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 10:6-7 ; Proverbs 10:11 THE WAY TO PRESENT BLESSEDNESS AND FUTURE FAME We connect the first and last of these verses, because the latter clause in b...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 6. Blessings are upon the head of the just, as a merciful reward of God's bounty and in acknowledgment of his righteous conduct in life; but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked; although...

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• Proverbs 10:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Timothy 1:16-18 ; Deuteronomy 28:2 ; Esther 7:8 ; Job 29:13 ; Proverbs 11:26 ; Proverbs 24:25 ; Proverbs 28:20 ; Proverbs 10:11 ; Psalms 107:42 ; Romans 3:19

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• Proverbs 10:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Violence — Their own violence or injustice. This may be an allusion to the ancient custom of covering the mouths and faces of condemned malefactors.

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