Proverbs 4:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. ”

Proverbs 4:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 1 Chronicles 29:17 ; Psalms 15:1-5 ; Psalms 24:1-10 ; Psalms 37 ....
Proverbs 4:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For they (f) sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall. (f) Meaning that to do evil is more proper and natural to the wicked than to...
Proverbs 4:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

For. Hebrew. im l'o . because; i.e. the reason why they sleep not is because they mean mischief, and because they intend an occasion of stumbling.
Proverbs 4:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. Except they have done mischief - The night is their time for spoil and depredation...
Proverbs 4:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken...
Proverbs 4:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ancestral Wisdom. The Two Paths In Proverbs 4:1-9 the teacher lays stress on the fact that his instruction is a repetition of his father's. No teaching was thought valuable save that which was h...
Proverbs 4:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For they sleep not ... — The practice of evil has become as it were a second nature to them, they cannot live without it.
Proverbs 4:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 5 EDUCATION: THE CHILD'S THOUGHT OF THE PARENT "Wisdom doth live with children round her knees." - Wordsworth. "He taught me, and said unto me," etc. Proverbs 4:4 THIS chapter begins...
Proverbs 4:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Guide-Posts on the Way of Life Proverbs 4:10-27 One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special attention. The path of the just, etc ., Proverbs 4:18 . We may compare this b...
Proverbs 4:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter there are three addresses. The first is of the nature of personal testimony (verses Pro 4:1-9). The next two are exhortations to fidelity (verses Pro 4:10-27). The father urges his ow...
Proverbs 4:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. When thou goest, thy steps shall not be strai...
Proverbs 4:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief ,.... Or they cannot sleep, as Jarchi and Gersom interpret it. Oftentimes they cannot sleep on their beds for devising mischief, their thoughts are...
Proverbs 4:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall. Ver. 16. For they sleep not. ] So much are they set upon it. Or as empty stomac...
Proverbs 4:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Enter not into the path of the wicked Avoid their practices and company; and go not in the way of evil men Do not proceed further therein. If thou hast unadvisedly entered into it, do not persist...
Proverbs 4:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Cautions against Bad Company. 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid...
Proverbs 4:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They sleep not; they cannot compose themselves to sleep with quietness and satisfaction to their own minds. To fall into their own snares, either into sin or into mischief.
Proverbs 4:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Wisdom Teaches Men The Way In Which They Should Go, A Way In Which They Will Not Stumble And Which Leads To Life, They Are Thus To Avoid The Way Of The Wicked In Which Men Stumble And Where De...
Proverbs 4:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 4:14 . Go not . The Heb. is literally “to go straightforward;” also, “to pronounce happy.” Proverbs 4:15 . Avoid , “Let it go,” reject it.” Turn from it , i.e. , ev...
Proverbs 4:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 4:1 . Hear, ye children, a Hebraism, equivalent to wash, cleanse, and purify your ears. A grateful son here recites the domestic piety of an illustrious father. David talked much with his...
Proverbs 4:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. The proselytism of error It is of the wicked that Solomon here speaks. What a restlessness does this indicate! What a zeal in a bad ca...
Proverbs 4:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 4:1-20 7. Seventh admonitory discourse. We here enter upon the second group of admonitory discourses, as is indicated by the opening address, "my children," and which...
Proverbs 4:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning against Wickedness
Proverbs 4:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:14 ; Isaiah 57:20 ; John 18:28 ; Luke 22:66 ; Micah 2:1 ; Proverbs 1:16 ; Psalms 36:4
Proverbs 4:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Sacred Exhortations Proverbs 4:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is well, now and then, to step aside and consider what God has to say to young men and women; as well as to consider what He says to t...
Proverbs 4:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For — They cannot sleep with quietness.

Proverbs 4:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 4:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 4:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 4:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 4:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 4:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 4:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 4:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 4:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 4:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 4:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 4:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 4:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 4:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 4:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 4:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 4:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 4:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 4:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 4:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 4:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 4:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 4:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 4:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 4:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes