Proverbs 20:21

blessed. happy. See note on Proverbs 3:13.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or, An inheritance gotten hastily (greedily sought after by unjust means) at the beginning, the end thereof shall not be blessed. Another reading g...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self chara...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. An inheritance - gotten hastily - Gotten by specul...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. An inheritance (may be) gotten hastily, [so...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The end thereof shall not be blessed. — Comp. Proverbs 28:20 : the evil means by which he acquired the possession will, at the last, be visited u...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balan...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Glory of Young Men” Proverbs 20:16-30 What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27 ! We stand like a row of unlighted candles unti...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning ,.... Of a man's setting out in the world in trade and business; and which sometimes is got...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. Ver. 21. An inheritance may be gotten hastily...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

An inheritance may be gotten hastily An estate is sometimes soon gained, even in the very beginning of a man's labours for it: in which case, it ma...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. Note, 1. It is possible that a...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; an estate sometimes is got suddenly, in the very beginning of a man's labours for it; in whi...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 20:20 AN UNNATURAL CHILD AND A NATURAL LAW I. An unnatural child . The ungrateful son or daughter of good parents...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with...
The Biblical Illustrator

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. Patience and permanence Ours is an age of hast...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 21. An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning, wayward and ungodly children being so eager that they even drive their parents out of...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:9 ; Habakkuk 2:6 ; Job 27:16 ; Job 27:17 ; Malachi 2:2 ; Proverbs 13:22 ; Proverbs 23:4 ; Proverbs 28:20 ; Proverbs 28:22 ; Pro...

²¹ An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 20:21