Proverbs 19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bible Comments
  • Proverbs 19:7 open_in_new

    All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth [them (a) with] words, [yet] they [are] lacking [to him].

    (a) To have comfort from them.

  • Proverbs 19:8 open_in_new

    He that getteth wisdom (b) loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

    (b) He that is upright in judgment finds favour from God.

  • Proverbs 19:10 open_in_new

    (c) Delight is not proper for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

    (c) The free use of things are not to be permitted to him who cannot use them correctly.

  • Proverbs 19:11 open_in_new

    The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory (d) to pass over a transgression.

    (d) That is, to cover it by charity, and to do in it as may most serve to God's glory.

  • Proverbs 19:13 open_in_new

    A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual (e) dropping.

    (e) As rain that drops and rots the house.

  • Proverbs 19:19 open_in_new

    A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou (f) deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.

    (f) Though for a time he gives place to counsel, yet soon after will he give place to his raging affections.

  • Proverbs 19:21 open_in_new

    [There are] many devices in a (g) man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

    (g) Man's device will not have success, unless God governs it, whose purpose is unchangeable.

  • Proverbs 19:22 open_in_new

    The desire of a man [is] his (h) kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.

    (h) That is, that he be honest: for the poor man who is honest is to be esteemed above the rich who is not virtuous.

  • Proverbs 19:25 open_in_new

    Smite a scorner, and the (i) simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

    (i) That is, the simple and ignorant men learn when they see the wicked punished.

  • Proverbs 19:28 open_in_new

    An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked (k) devoureth iniquity.

    (k) Takes a pleasure and delight in it, as gluttons and drunkards in delicate meats and drinks.