Proverbs 18:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.b ”

Proverbs 18:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Safe - literally, as in the margin i. e., is exalted. Compare Psalms 18:2 , Psalms 18:33 .
Proverbs 18:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth (g) into it, and is safe. (g) He shows the refuge of the godly against all trouble.
Proverbs 18:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:1 . MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated f...
Proverbs 18:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

name . person. See note on Psalms 20:1 . safe . set on high. Illustrations: Job ( Job 19:25 ; Job 19:26 ); Habakkuk ( Habakkuk 3:17 ; Habakkuk 3:19 ); Asa ( 2 Chronicles 14:11 ); Hezekiah ( 2 K...
Proverbs 18:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 796 THE NAME OF THE LORD A STRONG TOWER Proverbs 18:10 . The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe . IN the Proverbs of Solomon we must not e...
Proverbs 18:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. The name of the Lord is a strong tower - The name of the Lord may be taken for the Lord himself; he is a strong t...
Proverbs 18:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. The name of the Lord (i:e., the Lord Himself in His manifested goodness and power) (is) a strong tower (a t...
Proverbs 18:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'Th...
Proverbs 18:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The name of the Lord is a strong tower. — The “name of the Lord” signifies the titles by which He has made Himself known, descriptive of His attributes, as “merciful, gracious, longsuffering, abund...
Proverbs 18:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1 FROM the value of friendship there is...
Proverbs 18:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 18:1 . The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or...
Proverbs 18:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. The words of a man's mouth are as deep...
Proverbs 18:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GOD’S KEEP ‘The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.’ Proverbs 18:10 Our Visitation Service seems to meet, or at least to suggest to us how to meet...
Proverbs 18:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The name of the Lord [is] a strong tower ,.... By "the name of the Lord" may be meant, either the attributes and perfections of God, by which he is made known, and which are the strength and securit...
Proverbs 18:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Ver. 10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower. ] God's attributes are called "His name"; because by them he...
Proverbs 18:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The name of the Lord That is, the Lord, as he hath revealed himself in his works, and especially in his word, by his promises, and the declarations of his infinite perfections, and of his good-will...
Proverbs 18:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

10 The name of the L ORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Here is, 1. God's sufficiency for the saints: His name is a strong tower for them, in whi...
Proverbs 18:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The name of the Lord, i.e. the Lord, as he hath revealed himself in his works, and especially in his word by his promises, and the declarations of his infinite perfections, and of his good will to...
Proverbs 18:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Fool Destroys Others And Is Therefore Himself Destroyed, But The Righteous Are Kept Safe ( Proverbs 18:8-13 ). In this subsection there is an emphasis on the way in which a fool destroys a com...
Proverbs 18:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 18:10 . Safe, or, lifted high . MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 18:10-11 TWO CITADELS I. The citadel of him who trusts in the Lord . “ The name of the Lord .” God...
Proverbs 18:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 18:10-11 We have here the "strong tower" and the "strong city;" the man lifted up above danger on the battlements of the one, and the man fancying himself to be high above it (and only fa...
Proverbs 18:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here...
Proverbs 18:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it and is safe. The security of those who trust in God I. Explain what is to be understood by “the name of the Lord.” No parti...
Proverbs 18:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and inte...
Proverbs 18:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower, he who relies upon Jehovah as He has revealed Himself in His Word has a stronghold of safest protection; the righteous, he who by faith places his c...
Proverbs 18:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 30:6 ; 2 Samuel 22:3 ; 2 Samuel 22:45-47 ; 2 Samuel 22:51 ; Exodus 3:13-15 ; Exodus 34:5-7 ; Exodus 6:3 ; Genesis 17:1 ; Genesis 32:11 ; Genesis 32:28 ; Genesis 32:29 ; Habakkuk...
Proverbs 18:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The name — The Lord, as he hath revealed himself in his works, and in his word by his promises.

Proverbs 18:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 18:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 18:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 18:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 18:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 18:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 18:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 18:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 18:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 18:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 18:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 18:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 18:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 18:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 18:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 18:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 18:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 18:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 18:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 18:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 18:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 18:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes