Proverbs 19:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. ”

Proverbs 19:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall abide satisfied - Better, one that is satisfied hath a sure abiding-place. The word “abide” has, most probably, here as elsewhere, its original sense of “passing the night.” Even in the hou...
Proverbs 19:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government of the world which we find in Job. Proverbs 1...
Proverbs 19:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The fear of the LORD . See note on Proverbs 1:7 . life. Hebrew, plural implying resurrection and eternal life. evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
Proverbs 19:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Proverbs 19:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life— The fear of the Lord tendeth to life; he who is filled with it shall sleep, or pass his nights free from all evil. Houbigant. Schultens, whom Dr. Grey follow...
Proverbs 19:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. The fear of the Lord (tendeth) to life; and (he that hath it) shall abide (...
Proverbs 19:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Fool ] read, 'rich' ( Proverbs 28:6 ).
Proverbs 19:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life. — To life in this world, the reward of uprightness promised to the Israelites of old ( Isaiah 37:29 ); and to life in the next ( Mark 10:30 ). He shall not b...
Proverbs 19:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a valuable expansion and commentary on this proverb...
Proverbs 19:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 19:7 . This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that the third clause is incomplete. Something has been l...
Proverbs 19:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. Slothfulness...
Proverbs 19:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The fear of the Lord [tendeth] to life ,.... "Godliness", of which the fear of the Lord is a principal part, has "the promise of this life and that to come", 1 Timothy 4:8 : the fear of God is the...
Proverbs 19:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. Ver. 23. The fear of the Lord tendeth to life, &c. ] Life, saturity, a...
Proverbs 19:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The desire of a man is his kindness This expression is obscure, and will admit of several interpretations. The Seventy render it, Καρπος ανδρι ελεημοσυνη, alms-giving , or charity, is fruit to a...
Proverbs 19:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

23 The fear of the L ORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. See what those that get by it that live in the fear of Go...
Proverbs 19:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall abide satisfied; shall want nothing, and shall be fully contented with God's favour and blessing. With evil; with any destructive affliction.
Proverbs 19:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 19:22 . The desire of a man, &c. Rather “ A man’s delight (or glory) is his beneficence , or A man’s kindness is what makes him desirable , or is a desirable ado...
Proverbs 19:23 - Scofield Reference Notes

fear ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
Proverbs 19:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 19:1 . Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and whose body is swoln with corpulency. The contrast of...
Proverbs 19:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life. The happy life Godliness has “the promise of the life that now is.” It might have been otherwise. Infinite Benevolence would have His saints to be happy. A...
Proverbs 19:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor that walkth in his integrity. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7 , Proverbs 19:22 , rash, which signifies "poor" in oppositi...
Proverbs 19:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 23. The fear of the Lord tendeth to life, it shows and points the way to the true life in the Lord; and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil, because Jehova...
Proverbs 19:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 4:8 ; 1 Timothy 6:6-9 ; 2 Timothy 4:18 ; Acts 9:31 ; Hebrews 13:5 ; Hebrews 13:6 ; Isaiah 58:10 ; Isaiah 58:11 ; Malachi 3:16 ; Malachi 3:17 ; Malachi 4:2 ; Matthew 5:6 ; Phili...
Proverbs 19:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Satisfied — Shall be fully contented with God's favour and blessing.

Proverbs 19:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 19:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 19:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 19:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 19:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 19:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 19:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 19:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 19:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 19:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 19:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 19:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 19:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 19:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 19:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 19:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 19:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 19:23 - Scofield Reference Notes

Proverbs 19:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 19:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 19:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 19:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 19:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 19:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes